writer

[rahy-ter]

noun

1. a person engaged in writing writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.

2. a clerk, scribe, or the like.

3. a person who commits their thoughts, ideas, etc., to writing: writing.

   She's an expert letter writer.

4. (in a piece of writing) the author (used as a circumlocution for “I,” “me,” “my,” etc.).

   The writer wishes to state….

5. a person who writes or is able to write.

   a writer in script.

6. Stock Exchange.,  someone who sells options.

7. Scot.,  a lawyer or solicitor.

writer

/ ˈraɪtə /

noun

1. a person who writes books, articles, etc, esp as an occupation

2. the person who has written something specified

3. a person who is able to write or write well

4. a scribe or clerk

5. a composer of music

6. a legal practitioner, such as a notary or solicitor

7. (in Scotland) a member of an ancient society of solicitors, now having the exclusive privilege of preparing crown writs

Word History and Origins

Origin of writer¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English wrītere; write, -er ¹

Example Sentences

The entries, provided by a wide range of writers, journalists and academics, are a little uneven, but the presentation is so good that it’s hard to mind that the prose doesn’t always hit its mark.

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Many Japanese crime writers have borrowed elements from the English whodunits of the 1920s and ’30s.

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Mr. Riley is a science writer and a former researcher at the Natural Museum of History in London.

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A fiction writer herself, she applauds Austen’s minimalism.

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The letter writer, I recently discovered, passed away earlier this year.

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Related Words

• author 
• biographer 
• columnist 
• correspondent 
• critic 
• dramatist 
• editor 
• essayist 
• journalist 
• novelist 
• poet 
• reporter 
• screenwriter