hagiographer
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hagiographer
- /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/ US
- /ˌheɪɡi-/ US
- /ˌheɪd͡ʒi-/ US
- /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/ UK
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From hagiography + -er.
noun hagiographers
- Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
- Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).
- A writer of any of the Hagiographa․
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noun someone who writes the biography of a saint
| Español | hagiógrafo |
|---|---|
| Português | hagiógrafo |
| Français | hagiographe |
| Italiano | agiografo |
| Ελληνικά | αγιογράφος agiográfos |
| Русский | агио́граф agiógraf, состави́тель жизнеописа́ния святы́х sostavítelʹ žizneopisánija svjatýx |
noun someone who writes in a flattering way about a person
| Ελληνικά | υμνητής ymnitís, υμνήτρια ymnítria |
|---|
noun a writer of any of the Hagiographa
| Français | hagiographe |
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title = {hagiographer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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