HAGIOGRAPHER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The author of a worshipful or idealizing biography

Synonyms:

hagiographer; hagiographist; hagiologist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hagiographer" is a kind of...):

biographer (someone who writes an account of a person's life)

Derivation:

hagiography (a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint))

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