memoirist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of memoirist
Example Sentences
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He often writes with the candor of a memoirist, sharing personal moments that connect him to his subjects or to Homer’s epics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He simply wrote it at a different time, when he was most famous, still, as a memoirist for Hillbilly Elegy, the story of his chaotic Appalachian upbringing.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Cowley was a poet, critic, memoirist, translator and editor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
On Monday, the “Weekend Update” anchor and “A Very Punchable Face” memoirist shared a photo of his left foot with three toes wrapped in bandages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
Here was evidence which one could lay before a skeptical world that the transcriber had not expanded the work of the original memoirist.
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable
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