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What (who) is Autograph - definition
HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE (OR) MANUSCRIPT BY AUTHOR
Autographs; Autographed; Autography
!["[[B-A-C-H]] is beginning and end of all music", signed autograph document by [[Max Reger]] (dated 7 May 1912)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B-a-c-h Reger.jpg?width=200 "\"[[B-A-C-H]] is beginning and end of all music\", signed autograph document by [[Max Reger]] (dated 7 May 1912)")
![Picture of German yodeler [[Franzl Lang]], autograph (likely for a fan's collection) at bottom.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franzl Lang.jpg?width=200 "Picture of German yodeler [[Franzl Lang]], autograph (likely for a fan's collection) at bottom.")
![Share of the Standard Oil Trust, issued 5 April 1882, signed by [[John D. Rockefeller]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Standard Oil Trust 1882 Archbold.jpg?width=200 "Share of the Standard Oil Trust, issued 5 April 1882, signed by [[John D. Rockefeller]]")
Autograph
·adj In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
II. Autograph ·noun That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
autograph
(autographs, autographing, autographed)
1.
An autograph is the signature of someone famous which is specially written for a fan to keep.
He went backstage and asked for her autograph...
N-COUNT: oft with poss
2.
If someone famous autographs something, they put their signature on it.
I autographed a copy of one of my books.
...an autographed photo of Clark Gable.
VERB: V n, V-ed
autograph
¦ noun
1. a celebrity's signature written for an admirer.
2. a manuscript or musical score in an author's or composer's own handwriting.
3. a person's handwriting.
¦ verb write one's signature on.
¦ adjective written in the author's own handwriting.
Derivatives
autographic adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr. autographe or late L. autographum, from Gk autographon, neut. of autographos 'written with one's own hand'.
Wikipedia
Autograph
An autograph is a person's own handwriting or signature. The word autograph comes from Ancient Greek (αὐτός, autós, "self" and γράφω, gráphō, "write"), and can mean more specifically:
- a manuscript written by the author of its content. In this meaning the term autograph can often be used interchangeably with holograph.
- a celebrity's handwritten signature. Autograph collecting is the activity of collecting such autographs.
Examples of use of Autograph
1. He would show up at spring training, Ryan said, and "sign autograph after autograph.
2. Afterward, dozens lined up to have her autograph books.
3. "Theo was still starstruck and he wanted Jamie Redknapp‘s autograph.
4. People nearby asked him to autograph their tickets.
5. Karelin shook the man‘s hand and dutifully signed an autograph. «