- plural of memoir.
memoirs
Britishplural noun
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a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources
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an autobiographical record
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a collection or record, as of transactions of a society, etc
Example Sentences
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All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Davis now says he was in Los Angeles the night of the Shakur killing and that he has never even read his own memoirs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Gordon Brown reflects in his memoirs the agonising private conversations he had about a snap election and in deciding against it found himself going "from near hero to near zero in a day."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
What distinguishes “With the Old Breed” from many other war memoirs is its focus on moral courage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The course of this central relationship is one that is hard to tease out of official investigations and even prisoner memoirs, but my sense is that it has evolved little, if at all.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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