memoirist.

A writer of a memoir or memoirs.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a memoirist
• the memoirist’s account

On the page

The memoirist acknowledged that the remembered dialogue was approximate.

The critic distinguished the memoirist’s perspective from the documentary record.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Singular memoirist; plural memoirists. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: artistic orientation, figurative interpretation, life writing, narrative knowledge. Disciplines: literary writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: uncommon.