memoirist

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UK/ˈmɛmˌwɑːɹɪst/US/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹɪst/

noun

A person who writes a memoir.

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Meanings

nounmemoirist (plural memoirists)

plural memoirists

  1. A person who writes a memoir.

    A former construction worker married to the best-selling memoirist Sarah Smarsh, Mr. Spackman said he felt that he did not have anyone to talk to about books, and that a book club might be a good way to bond with other men.

    2025 June 25, Joseph Bernstein, “Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2025

Origin

From memoir + -ist. Piecewise doublet of memorist.

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APA

memoirist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memoirist

MLA

“memoirist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memoirist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “memoirist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memoirist.

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