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hagiographer

UK/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/US/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/

hagiographer noun: someone who writes the biography of a saint.

Noun

hagiographer (plural hagiographers)

  1. Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
  2. (derogatory, figuratively) Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).
  3. A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

Forms of hagiographer

pluralhagiographers

Origin of hagiographer

From hagiography + -er.

Questions about hagiographer

What does hagiographer mean?
Hagiographer means someone who writes the biography of a saint.
What part of speech is hagiographer?
Hagiographer is a noun.
How do you pronounce hagiographer?
Hagiographer is pronounced /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of hagiographer?
The plural of hagiographer is hagiographers.

Words near hagiographer in the dictionary

  1. hagiocracies
  2. hagiocracy
  3. hagiocratic
  4. Hagiographa
  5. hagiographal
  6. hagiographer
  7. hagiographers
  8. hagiographic
  9. hagiographical
  10. hagiographically
  11. hagiographies

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