Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the writers of the Hagiographa; a writer of sacred books; a writer of lives of the saints.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
writes thebiography of asaint - noun someone who writes
praising andflattering things about a person (as if that person were a saint)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not sure if this is the work of some Jackson family-hired spin-doctor cum hagiographer, but here from Carolyn Kellog in the L.A. Times:
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How appropriate of Dan Lyons, the experienced hagiographer of SCO.
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Not sure if this is the work of some Jackson family-hired spin-doctor cum hagiographer, but here from Carolyn Kellog in the L.A. Times:
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Not sure if this is the work of some Jackson family-hired spin-doctor cum hagiographer, but here from Carolyn Kellog in the L.A. Times:
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After his long stretch as an untouchable hero and saint (courtesy of hagiographer R Bolt) it was about time that creep More was taken off his pedestal.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2010
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After his long stretch as an untouchable hero and saint (courtesy of hagiographer R Bolt) it was about time that creep More was taken off his pedestal.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2010
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A quick search reveals the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould - born 1834; died 1924 - was a hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and prolific travel writer, whose accomplishments include a 16-volume lives of the saints and the book of werewolves.
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Barton Gellman of the Washington Post has now joined feature writers from Time in aping Cheney's hagiographer in chief, Stephen Hayes of The
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He has a fully visible collaborator and hagiographer named Mark Salter who is also his closest aide and his most vicious attack dog.
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If he runs, who would replace "thrill up my leg" Matthews as MSNBC's resident Obama hagiographer? print share
Chris Matthews 2009
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