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- Dictionarymemoir/ˈmɛmwɑː/
noun
- 1. a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge: "in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband" Similar
- 2. an essay on a learned subject: "an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea"
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a book or other piece of writing based on the writer's personal knowledge of famous people, places, or events: She has written a memoir of her encounters with famous movie stars over the years. memoirs [ plural ] (US also memoir) a written record of a usually famous person's own life and experiences: She plans to write her memoirs. See more.
noun. mem· oir ˈmem-ˌwär. -ˌwȯr. Synonyms of memoir. 1. : an official note or report : memorandum. 2. a. : a narrative composed from personal experience. every memoir reminds us of the faraway and long ago, of loss and change, of persons and places beyond recall Abigail McCarthy. b. : autobiography usually used in plural.
A memoir ( / ˈmɛm.wɑːr /; [1] from French mémoire [me.mwaʁ], from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. [2] [3] The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual.
a written record of a usually famous person's own life and experiences: She plans to write her memoirs. Angelou's first volume of memoirs dealt with her childhood. His book is commonly regarded as one of the finest memoirs to come out of the Vietnam war.
a book or other piece of writing based on the writer's personal knowledge of famous people, places, or events: She has written a memoir of her encounters with famous movie stars over the years. memoirs [ plural ] (US also memoir) a written record of a usually famous person's own life and experiences: She plans to write her memoirs. See more.
Definition of memoir noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Memoir definition: a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.. See examples of MEMOIR used in a sentence.
