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HAGIOGRAPHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
Synonyms:
hagiographer; hagiographist; hagiologist
Classified under:
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))