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hagiographer.

Someone who writes the biography of a saint.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/US/ˌheɪɡi-/US/ˌheɪd͡ʒi-/US/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/UK
  1. Someone who writes the biography of a saint.

  2. Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).

    derogatory · figuratively
  3. A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

Where this word comes from

From hagiography + -er.

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