memoir -
n. 1 a historical account or biography written from
personal knowledge or special sources.
2 (in pl.) an autobiography or a written account of one's memory of
certain events or people.
3 a an essay on a learned subject specially studied by the writer. b (in pl.) the proceedings or transactions of a learned society (
Memoirs of the
American Mathematical Society).
moire (masc.), special use of m
