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hagiographer

/hag-ee-og-ruh-fer, hey-jee-/US // ˌhæg iˈɒg rə fər, ˌheɪ dʒi- //UK // (ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfə) //

传记作者,传记作家,传记文学作家,传教士

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
    • : a writer of lives of the saints; hagiologist.

Examples

  • It may be that some hagiographer yet to come will find the stained sheets of fact and memory amid his papers.

  • And Relin was not some hack hagiographer who regurgitated whatever his primary source told him.

  • But it is unlikely that the Premier will find a more competent hagiographer.

  • With this end of glorification in view the hagiographer is prepared to swallow everything and record anything.

  • Such a claim is natural to the hagiographer; yet there lies behind it a certain truth.