speechwriter
[speech-rahy-ter]
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noun
a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
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Origin of speechwriter
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for speechwriter
Contemporary Examples of speechwriter
I worked for Baker as his special assistant and speechwriter when he was majority leader of the Senate, in the early 1980s.
Before he joined The Daily Beast, executive editor John Avlon was a speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Speechwriter Mark Katz quickly scrambled to tone down the jokes.
Thatcher had cried when the lines were originally suggested by her speechwriter Ronald Miller.
Turns out the wolf is real, says former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau in his debut Daily Beast column.