memorialist
Americannoun
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a person who writes or presents a memorial
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a writer of a memoir or memoirs
Etymology
Origin of memorialist
Example Sentences
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In Brooklyn, N.Y., 1,300 grave markers have been taken from Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, according to memorialist Michael Hirsch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
That your memorialist is a native of Africa, and has a knowledge of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of that country.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2015
That your memorialist, to his great grief and astonishment, received a letter of dismission from the Honourable Commissioners of the Navy, by your Lordships' orders;
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2015
Serge Klarsfeld, the country's most famous Nazi hunter and Holocaust memorialist, expressed his indignation in the name of the Association of Sons and Daughters of Jews Deported from France.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2011
Why is the sycophant thus added to the hypocrite, and the man who pretends to govern, sunk into the humble and submissive memorialist?
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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