Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
biographee .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word biographees.
Examples
-
Who's Who relies on information furnished exclusively by its "biographees," included by invitation on the basis of past achievement or future promise (still trying to figure out which category I fit into).
-
"biographees," included by invitation on the basis of past achievement or future promise.
Freep.com - RSS 2008
-
The four whom he chose as his main biographees were men whose lives were hostage to a predicament that also held some key to their genius.
Ian Hamilton Soueif, Ahdaf 2005
-
Then let him read biography and note the paralyzing effect upon the biographees of sickness and half sickness and three quarter wellness.
The Joyful Heart Robert Haven Schauffler 1921
-
After life's fitful fever they sleep (I trust) well; and in common candour, it ought never to be forgotten that whilst it has always been the fashion -- until one memorable day Mr. Froude ran amuck of it -- for biographers to shroud their biographees (the American Minister must bear the brunt of this word on his broad shoulders) in a crape veil of respectability, the records of the stage have been written in another spirit.
Obiter Dicta Augustine Birrell 1891
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.