"biographer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-biographer.wav [US] Forms: biographers [plural]
Etymology: biography + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|biography|er|id2=occupation}} biography + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} biographer (plural biographers)
  1. The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies. Categories (topical): Authors, Occupations, People Derived forms: psychobiographer Translations (the writer of a biography): biograf (Albanian), կենսագիր (kensagir) (Armenian), biógrafu [masculine] (Asturian), biògraf [masculine] (Catalan), biograaf [masculine] (Dutch), biografo (Esperanto), elämäkerturi (Finnish), elämäkerran kirjoittaja (Finnish), biographe (French), biógrafo [masculine] (Galician), Biograf [masculine] (German), βιογράφος (viográfos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), életrajzíró (Hungarian), biográfus (Hungarian), beathaisnéisí [masculine] (Irish), biografo [masculine] (Italian), биогра́ф (biográf) [masculine] (Macedonian), животописец (životopisec) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaituhi haurongo (Maori), biograf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), biograf [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biograf [masculine] (Occitan), biograf [masculine] (Polish), biografka [feminine] (Polish), biógrafo (Portuguese), biograf [masculine] (Romanian), biografă [feminine] (Romanian), био́граф (biógraf) [masculine] (Russian), biógrafo [masculine] (Spanish), biógrafa [feminine] (Spanish), levnadstecknare [common-gender] (Swedish), นักเขียนชีวประวัติ (Thai)

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