hagiographer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
  2. Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).
  3. A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

Pronunciation

/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/ /ˌheɪɡi-/ /ˌheɪd͡ʒi-/ /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/

Word forms

hagiographer hagiographers

Etymology

From hagiography + -er.

Related words

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