autobiographistn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒɡrəfɪst/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfəst/, /ˌɔdoʊˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfəst/, /ˌɑdəˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfəst/, /ˌɑdoʊˌbaɪˈɑɡrəfəst/ Now rare.
= autobiographer n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > biographer > writer of autobiography or memoirs
memoir-writer1763
memoirist1769
autobiographer1807
autobiographist1820
reminiscent1822
1820 Brit. Critic Apr. 372 These notable and ingenious Auto-Biographists, however, knew much less about themselves..than the Author now before us knows of the Civic Hero whom he has selected as his theme.
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 525/2 Our autobiographist betakes himself to London.
1901 J. McCabe Peter Abélard ii. 33 Once more the swift and animated years are condensed into a brief phrase by the gloomy autobiographist.
1991 Winnipeg Free Press 31 Mar. sw3/4 (caption) Helen Sigurdson reads a chapter from her life story while fellow autobiographist Mary Johnson listens in.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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