hagiographerEnglishOxford New American Dictionaryhagiographer /ˌhaɡēˈäɡrəfər, , ˌhæɡiˈɑɡrəfər , ˌhāɡēˈäɡrəfər, , ˌheɪɡiˈɑɡrəfər , ˌhäɡēˈäɡrəfər, ˌhɑɡiˈɑɡrəfər / ▸ noun 1 a writer of the lives of the saints. ▪ a person who writes in an adulatory way about someone else, especially in a biography. 2 Theology a writer of any of the Hagiographa.