Memoir Definition

mĕmwär, -wôr
memoirs
noun
A biography, usually one written by someone who knew the subject well.
Webster's New World
An account of the personal experiences of an author.
American Heritage
An autobiography.
American Heritage
An autobiography, esp. one that is objective and anecdotal in emphasis rather than inward and subjective.
Webster's New World
A report or record of important events based on the writer's personal knowledge.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Memoir

Noun

Singular:
memoir
Plural:
memoirs

Origin of Memoir

  • French mémoire from Old French memoire memory from Latin memoria memory

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French mémoire (“memoir"), from Latin memoria (“memory"); see memory.

    From Wiktionary

Memoir Sentence Examples

  • A memoir of his life by his eldest son appeared in 1834.

  • Stevenson's well-known Memoir is a sympathetic tribute to his ability and character.

  • His memoir of his friend Professor Fleeming Jenkin was published soon after his departure.

  • See The Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel, by Mrs John Herschel (1876).

  • The first part of this memoir, which was probably compiled about 670, deals with the saint's work in Meath, the second with his activity in Connaught.

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