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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Memoir \Mem"oir\, or pl. Memoirs \Mem"oirs\, n. [F. m[82]moire, m., memorandum, fr. m[82]moire, f., memory, L. memoria. See {Memory}.] 1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See {History}, 2. 2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. 3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society. | |
