hagiographer

English

/ˌheɪdʒiˈɑɡɹəfəɹ/

noun
Definitions
  • Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
  • Someone who writes praising and flattering things about a person (as if that person were a saint).

Etymology

Suffix from English hagiography.

Origin

English

hagiography

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