memoir

mem·oir (m

wär

, -wôr

)

1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.

2. An autobiography. Often used in the plural.

3. A biography or biographical sketch.

4. A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.

5. memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.

[French mémoire, from Old French memoire, memory, from Latin memoria; see memory.]

memoir·ist n.

memoir [ˈmɛmwɑː]

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a biography or historical account, esp one based on personal knowledge

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an essay or monograph, as on a specialized topic

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Obsolete a memorandum

[from French, from Latin memoria memory]

memoirist n

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Noun	1.	memoir - an account of the author's personal experiences autobiography - a biography of yourself
	2.	memoir - an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition

memoir

noun account, life, record, register, journal, essay, biography, narrative, monograph He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.

Translations

memoir [ˈmemwɑːʳ] N

1. memoirs (= autobiography) → memorias fpl, autobiografía fsing

2. (= biographical note) → nota f biográfica

3. (= essay) → memoria f

memoir [ˈmɛmwɑː^r] n → mémoire m

memoir

→ Kurzbiografie f

memoirs pl → Memoiren pl

memoir [ˈmɛmwɑːʳ] n (essay) → saggio monografico; (biography) → nota biografica

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as-told-to autobiography biography Blunden Casanova de Seingalt Daudet de la Mare diary Dinesen Hornby kiss-and-tell memoirism Memoirist memoirs Memorability memorialist Ralegh reminiscences Saint-Simon	Last year he sent to me a memoir on this subject, with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell, who sent it to the Linnean Society, and it is published in the third volume of the Journal of that Society. The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context The Flora of the Galapagos Archipelago is the subject of a separate memoir by him, in the 'Linnean Transactions. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context To be sure, Roy wrote twice a week; his letters were exquisite compositions which would have read beautifully in a memoir or biography. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context	Membracidae Membral Membranaceous membrane membrane bone membrane transport membrane-forming Membraneous Membraniferous Membraniform Membranology membranophone membranous Membranous croup membranous labyrinth meme Memel memento memento mori memetics Meminna Memling Memnon memo memo pad memoir memoirism Memoirist memoirs memorabilia Memorability memorable memorably memoranda memorandum Memorandum check Memorate Memorative Memoria memoria technica memorial Memorial Day memorial park Memorial rose memorial tablet memorialisation memorialise memorialist memorialization memorialize Memorializer	Memling Memling, Hans MEMLS MEMM Memmaker Memmingen Memminger, Christopher G Memminger, Christopher Gustavus Memnon Memnon Memnosyne Memnosyne memo memo memo memo memo field Memo for the Record Memo function Memo functions Memo of Lease Memo of understanding Memo of understanding Memo pad Memo pad Memo pad Memo pad Memo Routing Slip Memo To Agent MEMOCODE memoir Memoir of a Thinking Radish mémoire Mémoire et Impact des Mines d'Uranium: Synthèse et Archive memoirism memoirist memoirist memoirist Memoirists Memoirists Memoirists memoirs memoirs memoirs Memoirs of George Sherston, The Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Memoisation Memoise Memoised function Memoization Memoize Memoized function Memoizing memomotion study memorabilia memorabilia memorabilia memorability memorability memorable memorable

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Last year he sent to me a memoir on this subject, with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell, who sent it to the Linnean Society, and it is published in the third volume of the Journal of that Society.

The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context

The Flora of the Galapagos Archipelago is the subject of a separate memoir by him, in the 'Linnean Transactions.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context

To be sure, Roy wrote twice a week; his letters were exquisite compositions which would have read beautifully in a memoir or biography.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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