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[ˈmɛmwɑː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge
(e.g: in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband)
- an essay on a learned subject
(e.g: an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea)
Phrases:
Origin
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late 15th century (denoting a memorandum or record): from French mémoire (masculine), a special use of mémoire (feminine) ‘memory’
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