biography definition - Dictionary

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bi·og·ra·phy [ bī óggrəfee ] (plural bi·og·ra·phies)

noun

Definition:

1. account of somebody's life: an account of somebody's life written or produced by another person, e.g. as a book, movie, or television program

2. biographies in general: books about people's lives, considered as a whole or as a type of literature

[Late 17th century. Via French and Latin< medieval Greek biographia "writing about lives" < Greek bios "life" + graphein "write"]

bi·o·graph·er noun

bi·o·graph·i·cal [ b ə gráffik'l ] adjective