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memoirist

UK/ˈmɛmˌwɑːɹɪst/US/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹɪst/

memoirist noun: a person who writes a memoir.

Noun

memoirist (plural memoirists)

  1. A person who writes a memoir.
    • A former construction worker married to the best-selling memoirist Sarah Smarsh, Mr. Spackman said he felt that he did not have anyone to talk to about books, and that a book club might be a good way to bond with other men.2025 June 25, Joseph Bernstein, “Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2025

Forms of memoirist

pluralmemoirists

Origin of memoirist

From memoir + -ist. Piecewise doublet of memorist.

Questions about memoirist

What does memoirist mean?
Memoirist means a person who writes a memoir.
What part of speech is memoirist?
Memoirist is a noun.
How do you pronounce memoirist?
Memoirist is pronounced /ˈmɛmˌwɑːɹɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of memoirist?
The plural of memoirist is memoirists.

Words near memoirist in the dictionary

  1. memoing
  2. memoir
  3. memoiric
  4. memoirish
  5. memoirism
  6. memoirist
  7. memoiristic
  8. memoirists
  9. memoirs
  10. memoisation
  11. memoise

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