hagiographer
noun
- writer of the lives of the saints
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/ / /ˌheɪɡi-/ / /ˌheɪd͡ʒi-/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English hagiography Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hagiographer From hagiography + -er.
- Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
- Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).
- A writer of any of the Hagiographa․