# hagiographer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/

## Definitions
1. Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
2. Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).
3. A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

## Etymology
From hagiography + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hagiographer