prosopography (redirected from prosopographer)

pros·o·pog·ra·phy  (prs-pgr-f)

n.

A study, often using statistics, that identifies and draws relationships between various characters or people within a specific historical, social, or literary context: "an authentic tour de force of historical writing: part intellectual history, part cultural history, part prosopography" Josiah Bunting III.

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[Greek prospon, character (pros-, pros- + ps, p-, face; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots) + -graphy.]

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proso·po·graphi·cal (-p-grf-kl) adj.

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prosopography

1. a biographical sketch containing a description of a person’s appearance, qualities, and history.
2. a collection of such sketches. — prosopographer, n. See also facial features.

See also: History

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1. Obsolete, a description of the face. See also history.

See also: Facial Features