Dictionary

hagiographer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌheɪɡi-/ (US)
• /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/ (UK)
• /ˌheɪd͡ʒi-/ (US)
• /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From hagiography + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
2. (derogatory, figuratively) Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).
3. A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

Forms

Relateds

hagiography

Translations (19)

fi hagiografi (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · hy սրբագիր (a writer of any of the Hagiographa) · el υμνητής (someone who writes in a flattering way about a person) · fr hagiographe (a writer of any of the Hagiographa) · pl hagiograf (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · la hagiographus (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · gl haxiógrafo (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · pt hagiógrafo (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · el αγιογράφος (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · it agiografo (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · ru агио́граф (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · el υμνήτρια (someone who writes in a flattering way about a person) · es hagiógrafo (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · nl hagiograaf (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · ast haxógrafu (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · ca hagiògraf (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · fr hagiographe (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · hy վարքագիր (someone who writes the biography of a saint) · ru состави́тель жизнеописа́ния святы́х (someone who writes the biography of a saint)