memoir

memoir
[[t]me̱mwɑː(r)[/t]]
memoirs
1) N-PLURAL: usu with poss A person's memoirs are a written account of the people who they have known and events that they remember.

If you've read my earlier memoirs you'll know all about it...

In his memoirs, De Gaulle wrote that he had come to London determined to save the French nation.

2) N-COUNT A memoir is a book or article that you write about someone who you have known well. [FORMAL]

He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.


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