MEMOIR

memoir. Memoir, n. an account of any thing, hint, notice

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{ Mem″oir (?), or pl. Mem″oirs (?) }, n. [[F. mémoire, m., memorandum, fr. mémoire, f., memory, L. memoria. See Memory.]] 1. 1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.
2. 2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness.
3. 3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.