writer
Americannoun
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writers
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a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
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a clerk, scribe, or the like.
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a person who commits their thoughts, ideas, etc., to writing.
She's an expert letter writer.
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(in a piece of writing) the author (used as a circumlocution for “I,” “me,” “my,” etc.).
The writer wishes to state….
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a person who writes or is able to write.
a writer in script.
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Stock Exchange. someone who sells options.
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Scot. a lawyer or solicitor.
noun
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a person who writes books, articles, etc, esp as an occupation
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the person who has written something specified
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a person who is able to write or write well
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a scribe or clerk
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a composer of music
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a legal practitioner, such as a notary or solicitor
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(in Scotland) a member of an ancient society of solicitors, now having the exclusive privilege of preparing crown writs
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of writer
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English wrītere; see origin at write, -er 1
Vocabulary lists containing writer
Common Core Grades 9–10, List 2
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Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe watched it so you don’t have to.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Russell T. Davies, the Swansea-born writer behind shows including Doctor Who and Channel 4's It's a Sin, also said online that he "can't wait".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Years ago, because I was a freelance writer, I opened a SEP IRA.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Based partly on Flynn and executive produced by Mel Brooks, it’s an affectionate portrait of an over-the-hill rogue told from the point of view of a young Jewish comedy writer who idolizes him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Irish writer Oscar Wilde later says that when he looked at the Mona Lisa, he didn’t see the painting: he saw Pater’s description.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Actors, writers and filmmakers want to work, and they want to go where the viewers are.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Some of the show’s original creative team join Allen as executive producers, including Tom Werner, and original series writers Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The audience for Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants,” for example, was primarily young millennials, but the sensibilities of its Gen X writers are all over it.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Why Substack writers are the new VIPs at this year’s U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I remember none in the George Bruce Branch who might have recommended any of these writers to me.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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