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biographette

biographette noun: a short biography.

Noun

biographette (plural biographettes)

  1. A short biography.
    • The juvenile education of the subject of this biographette was limited to the elementary English branches, then but superficially taught in the common schools.1839, L. Carroll Judson, A biography of the signers of the Declaration of independence: and of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an appendix, containing the Constitution of the United States and...
    • In giving the six examples of the work of D. O. Hill, or more correctly "Hill & Adamson," as it was spoken of at the time of its production, the editors have laid their readers under a debt of obligation that the subscription ten times over could not pay; especially, strengthened, as it is, by the...1904, The American amateur photographer, Volume 17, page 391

Forms of biographette

pluralbiographettes

Origin of biographette

From biography + -ette.

Questions about biographette

What does biographette mean?
Biographette means a short biography.
What part of speech is biographette?
Biographette is a noun.
What is the plural of biographette?
The plural of biographette is biographettes.

Words near biographette in the dictionary

  1. biographed
  2. biographee
  3. biographees
  4. biographer
  5. biographers
  6. biographette
  7. biographettes
  8. biographic
  9. biographical
  10. biographically
  11. biographied

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