'Memoirs' definitions:
Definition of 'Memoirs'
From: GCIDE
- Memoir \Mem"oir\, or pl. Memoirs \Mem"oirs\, n. [F. m['e]moire, m., memorandum, fr. m['e]moire, f., memory, L. memoria. See Memory.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society. [1913 Webster]