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Definition of Biographee
1. Noun. One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biographee
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biographee
Literary usage of Biographee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cataloging rules: with explanations and illustrations by Dorcas Fellows, New York State Library School, Jennie Dorcas Fellows (1922)
"... but the following classes may be excepted: a Individual biographies whose
titles begin with either the surname or the forenames of the biographee, ..."
2. Cataloging for Small Libraries by Theresa Hitchler (1915)
"Make the author card as usual, according to directions already given. Make, for
all individual biography, a subject card under the name of the biographee; ..."
3. The Study and Practice of Writing English by Gerhard Richard Lomer, Margaret Eliza Ashmun (1914)
"biographee: a person about whom a biography is written. Autobiography: a book
written by a person about his own life. 3. Materials. ..."
4. Books for High Schools by Minnesota Dept. of Education, Martha Wilson (1914)
"Biography has mostly been classed with the subject with which the life of the
biographee was identified. If desired, all collective biography may be classed ..."
5. Manual of Descriptive Annotation for Library Catalogues by Ernest Albert ( Savage, Ernest Albert Baker (1906)
"Taking the first book (if a biography) of the batch he turns to the library
catalogue, obtains therefrom the form of the biographee's name which the library ..."
6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... judge of the High Court of India, which his nephew published in Calcutta
shortly after the death of the biographee in 1871. It is only to be regretted ..."
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