Meaning of Biographer | Babel Free
Definitions
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
Equivalents
Examples
“Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last⟳ year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."”
“In May 1898, for example, the funeral train⟳ of our Mr Gladstone would be brought from his country estate at Hawarden to Westminster station on the District Line via Willesden Junction. One of his biographers notes, 'Victorians saw⟳ no indignity in a coffin for a state funeral arriving by Underground.'”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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