Meanings
plural biographers
- The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."
1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times1 more example
In May 1898, for example, the funeral train of our Mr Gladstone would be brought from his country estate at Hawarden to Westminster station on the District Line via Willesden Junction. One of his biographers notes, 'Victorians saw no indignity in a coffin for a state funeral arriving by Underground.'
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 33
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
- New Latinbiographia
- Englishbiography
- Englishbiographer
Translations
Bulgarian биограф, биографка
- биограф (biograf)the writer of a biography
- биографка (biografka)the writer of a biography
- животописец (životopisec)the writer of a biography
Catalan biògraf
- biògrafthe writer of a biography
Chinese Mandarin 傳記作家 /传记作家, 傳記作者 /传记作者
- 傳記作家 /传记作家 (zhuànjì zuòjiā)the writer of a biography
- 傳記作者 /传记作者 (zhuànjì zuòzhě)the writer of a biography
Czech biograf, životopisec
- biografthe writer of a biography
- životopisecthe writer of a biography
Dutch biograaf
- biograafthe writer of a biography
Esperanto biografo
- biografothe writer of a biography
Finnish elämäkerturi, elämäkerran kirjoittaja
- elämäkerturithe writer of a biography
- elämäkerran kirjoittajathe writer of a biography
French biographe
- biographethe writer of a biography
German Biograf
- Biografthe writer of a biography
Greek βιογράφος
- βιογράφος (viográfos)the writer of a biography
Hungarian életrajzíró, biográfus
- életrajzíróthe writer of a biography
- biográfusthe writer of a biography
Irish beathaisnéisí
- beathaisnéisíthe writer of a biography
Italian biografo
- biografothe writer of a biography
Māori kaituhi haurongo
- kaituhi haurongothe writer of a biography
Norwegian Bokmål biograf
- biografthe writer of a biography
Polish biograf, biografka
- biografthe writer of a biography
- biografkathe writer of a biography
Portuguese biógrafo
- biógrafothe writer of a biography
Romanian biograf, biografă
- biografthe writer of a biography
- biografăthe writer of a biography
Russian био́граф
- био́граф (biógraf)the writer of a biography
Spanish biógrafo, biógrafa
- biógrafothe writer of a biography
- biógrafathe writer of a biography
Swedish levnadstecknare
- levnadstecknarethe writer of a biography
Thai นักเขียนชีวประวัติ
- นักเขียนชีวประวัติthe writer of a biography
Ukrainian біо́граф
- біо́граф (bióhraf)the writer of a biography
Cite this entry
biographer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biographer
“biographer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biographer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biographer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biographer.
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