[1760–70; memoir + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: broadcast, genre, lockup, right of way, toggle-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, machinist, novelist, realist, socialist
Examples of 'memoirist' in a sentence
memoirist
Afterward I'll Take You There is a work of memoirist fiction.
Joyce Carol Oates I'LL TAKE YOU THERE (2002)
What she uncovers is an extraordinary gift for any memoirist.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As a memoirist, he is garrulously anecdotal, personally amiable and politically too circumspect.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These days no memoirist can escape an exposé of their credentials.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Others, such as the memoirist and the sound engineer, cohere less successfully.