memorialist

American  

[muh-mawr-ee-uh-list, -mohr-] / məˈmɔr i ə lɪst, -ˈmoʊr- /

noun

1. a person who writes memorials.

2. a person who writes memoirs.

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memorialist British  

/ mɪˈmɔːrɪəlɪst /

noun

1. a person who writes or presents a memorial

2. a writer of a memoir or memoirs

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Etymology

Origin of memorialist

First recorded in 1700–10; memorial + -ist

Example Sentences

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 Lordships' memorialist was, by the Honourable the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, on the 4th of December last, appointed to the above employment by warrant from that board;

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

The memorialist may delight in painting the talents he displayed, but the historian will find little to say of the benefits he bestowed.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne