hagiographer

English

Etymology

hagiography +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌheɪdʒiˈɑɡɹəfəɹ/

Noun

hagiographer (plural hagiographers)

Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
Someone who writes praising and flattering things about a person (as if that person were a saint).

Related terms

hagiography

Translations

someone who writes the biography of a saint

Asturian: haxógrafu m
Catalan: hagiògraf m
French: hagiographe (fr) m
Galician: haxiógrafo m
Greek: αγιογράφος (el) m (agiográfos)

Italian: agiografo (it) m
Latin: hagiographus m
Portuguese: hagiógrafo (pt) m
Spanish: hagiógrafo m

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