memoirs

memoirs is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness.
  2. 2.An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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