biographer

noun

bi·​og·​ra·​pher bī-ˈä-grə-fər 

: a writer of a biography

Examples of biographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Accomplished biographer Barbara Ransby rights the historical record. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Like many biographers, Hitchcock sees this physical ordeal as a turn of events that deepened Roosevelt’s character. — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

And according to one royal biographer, their efforts appear to be paying off. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026

The lavish collection includes a foreword by royal journalist and biographer Tina Brown, who spent one-on-one time with the late princess during a lunch at the Four Seasons in New York just weeks before her death. — Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biographer

• bibliographer
• choreographer
• lexicographer
• oceanographer
• radiographer
• cinematographer
• historiographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• geographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer