MEM'OIR, noun A species of history written by a person who had some share in the transactions related. Persons often write their own memoirs. 1. A history of transactions in which some person had a principal share, is called his memoirs, though compiled or written by a different hand. 2. The history of a society, or the journals and proceedings of a society; as memoirs of the Royal Society. 3. A written account; register of facts.
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