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speechwriter

American  
[speech-rahy-ter] / ˈspitʃˌraɪ tər /

noun

  1. a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.


Etymology

Origin of speechwriter

First recorded in 1825–35; speech + writer

Example Sentences

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To make the case, Graham said he worked closely with two other men—retired Army Gen. Jack Keane, a Fox News contributor, and Marc Thiessen, onetime chief speechwriter for former President George W. Bush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

She will steer Japan in the right direction, says Tomohiko Taniguchi, a policy adviser and former speechwriter for late prime minister Shinzo Abe.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Noonan was a special assistant and speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The book is ostensibly “authored” by McCartney even though it is an oral history that has been edited by Ted Widmer, an estimable historian and a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

With the convention drawing close, I worked with a speechwriter for the first time, a gifted young woman named Sarah Hurwitz who helped shape my ideas into a tight seventeen-minute speech.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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