[mem.oir] n [MF memoire, fr. memoire memory, fr. L memoria] (1567) 1: an official note or report: memorandum
2. a: a narrative composed from personal experience b: autobiography--usu. used in pl. c: biography 3 a: an account of something noteworthy: report b pl: the record of the proceedings of a learned society -- mem.oir.ist n