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biograph

biograph noun: a biographical essay.

Noun

biograph (plural biographs)

  1. (rare) A biographical essay.
  2. An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
    • “Biograph or cinematograph was what I was alludin' to. London Bridge with the omnibuses — a troopship goin' to the war — marines on parade at Portsmouth an' the Plymouth Express arrivin' at Paddin'ton.” “Seen 'em all. Seen 'em all,” said Hooper impatiently.1904, Rudyard Kipling, Mrs Bathurst

Verb

biograph (third-person singular simple present biographs, present participle biographing, simple past and past participle biographed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
    Synonyms:
    biographize

Synonyms of biograph

Forms of biograph

Noun
pluralbiographs
Verb
third-person singular presentbiographs
present participlebiographing
past participlebiographed
pastbiographed

Origin of biograph

From bio- + -graph.

Questions about biograph

What does biograph mean?
Biograph means a biographical essay.
What part of speech is biograph?
Biograph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of biograph?
The plural of biograph is biographs.

Words near biograph in the dictionary

  1. bioglycoconjugates
  2. bioglyph
  3. bioglyphs
  4. biognosis
  5. Biograd na Moru
  6. biograph
  7. biographal
  8. biographed
  9. biographee
  10. biographees
  11. biographer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biograph (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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