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memoir

mem.oir \'mem-.wa:r, -.wo.(*)r\ n [F me`moire, lit., memory, fr. L memoria] 
   1: an official note or report : MEMORANDUM  2a: a narrative composed from 
   personal experience  2b: AUTOBIOGRAPHY - usu. used in pl.  2c: BIOGRAPHY  
   3a: an account of something noteworthy : REPORT  pl  3b: the record of the 
   proceedings of a learned society