ghostwrite

[ gohst-rahyt ]
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verb (used with or without object),ghost·wrote, ghost·writ·ten, ghost·writ·ing.
  1. to write as a ghostwriter.

Origin of ghostwrite

1
First recorded in 1925–30; back formation from ghostwriter

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British Dictionary definitions for ghostwrite

ghostwrite

/ (ˈɡəʊstˌraɪt) /


verb-writes, -writing, -wrote or -written
  1. to write (an autobiographical or other article) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author: Often shortened to: ghost

Derived forms of ghostwrite

  • ghostwriter, noun

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