Memorialist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A writer of memorials.

    "The impediment comes in Mr. McCann’s effort to fashion a novel out of a search; in this case his diligent immersion in the work of scholars, the writings of Romany (now a preferred term) poets and memorialists, and his studies and travels in Slovakia, where much of the book is set."

  2. 2
    One who signs a petition.

Example

More examples

"The impediment comes in Mr. McCann’s effort to fashion a novel out of a search; in this case his diligent immersion in the work of scholars, the writings of Romany (now a preferred term) poets and memorialists, and his studies and travels in Slovakia, where much of the book is set."

Etymology

From memorial + -ist.

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