memorialist

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English

Etymology

memorial +‎ -ist

Noun

memorialist (plural memorialists)

  1. A writer of memorials.
    • 2007 January 8, Richard Eder, “Ultimate Exile: A Gypsy Poet Expelled by Her People”, in New York Times[1]:
      The impediment comes in Mr. McCann’s effort to fashion a novel out of a search; in this case his diligent immersion in the work of scholars, the writings of Romany (now a preferred term) poets and memorialists, and his studies and travels in Slovakia, where much of the book is set.
  2. One who signs a petition.

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