Biographee

/ˌbaɪəɡræˈfiː/ noun

Definition

A person whose life story is written about; the subject of a biography.

Etymology

From biography plus the French suffix -ee (indicating the person receiving an action), like employee or lessee. This modern term parallels how English creates agent nouns for people affected by an action.

Kelly Says

Every U.S. president automatically becomes a biographee—there are literally hundreds of biographies of George Washington alone because people can't resist telling his story again!

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