- 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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Prime ministerial memoirs tell the stories of how central a moment it is in the week of any occupant of 10 Downing Street.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
There are many extraordinary memoirs of the European avant-garde, but Hemingway brings a unique poetry to his account of the golden years between the wars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The investigation sputtered for decades because of a lack of evidence, but the case was revived when Davis's memoirs were published in 2019.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Unlike some prison memoirs, this isn’t an innocence story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Historians tend to discount Gorges’s tale, partly because his memoirs, dictated late in life, mix up details, and partly because the notion that Tisquantum was abducted twice just seems incredible. “utterly void,” Dermer reported.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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