memoir
[noun]
Synonyms: account, biography, essay, journal, life, monograph, narrative, record

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Related Words: anecdote, memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence

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mem‧oir /ˈmemwɑː $ -wɑːr/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: memorial, memory, memo, memoir, memorabilia, memorandum; adjective: memorable, memorial, immemorial; verb: memorize, memorialize; adverb: memorably]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: mémoire 'memory', from Latin memoria; ⇒ memory]

1. memoirs [plural] a book by someone important and famous in which they write about their life and experiences:
Lady Thatcher had just published her memoirs.

2. formal a short piece of writing about a person or place that you knew well, or an event that you experienced

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