Hypertext Webster Gateway: "biography"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Biography \Bi*og"ra*phy\, n.; pl. {Biographies}. [Gr. ?; ? life
+ ? to write: cf. F. biographie. See {Graphic}.]
1. The written history of a person's life.
2. Biographical writings in general.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
biography
n : an account of the series of events making up a person's life
[syn: {life}, {life story}, {life history}]
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