Obs. rare1. [f. med.L. anecdot-a (see ANECDOTE), after biographer.] One who publishes anecdota or secret histories.

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1686.  F. Spence, trans. Varillas’ Ho. Medicis, Ded. Not but that his Truths have often the Air of Fiction, but the ushering in of such are the Prerogative of the Apecdoto-grapher.

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