memoir

memoir
noun Etymology: Middle French memoire, from memoire memory, from Latin memoria Date: 1571 1. an official note or report ; memorandum 2. a. a narrative composed from personal experience b. autobiography — usually used in plural c. biography 3. a. an account of something noteworthy ; report b. plural the record of the proceedings of a learned society • memoirist noun

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