hagiographer

noun — 3 senses

noun

US /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/ · UK /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/

Etymology From hagiography + -er.

Someone who writes the biography of a saint.

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

Lifestyle, Religion, Theology A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

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