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hagiographer

noun
/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/US/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/UK

Etymology

From hagiography + -er.

  1. derived from -γραφία
  2. formed as hagiography — “hagio- + -graphy”
  3. suffixed as hagiographer — “hagiography + er”

Definitions

  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…

    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․

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA