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memoir (MEM wawr) (s) (noun), memoirs (MEM wawrz) (pl)
1. A written diary of the personal experiences or autobiographical revelations of a person: Many people have kept memoirs about their lives.
2. A record of facts about a subject or situation that someone has personally known or investigated: As an anthropologist,Tina wrote an interesting memoir about the Maasai, the African natives who live very primitive lives in Kenya.
3. Etymology: from Anglo-French memorie then Old French memoire, and from Latin memoria, "memory".
A written composition of a person's past life.
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(personal experiences and memories of past events)