English Explanatory Dictionary

writer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".
  2. Anything that writes or produces output.
  3. The seller of an option.
  4. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
  5. An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.
  6. A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.
  7. A graffiti artist.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [ˈɹ̠aɪtə(ɹ̠)] En-uk-writer.ogg /ˈɹaɪ.təɹ/ [ˈɹ̠aɪɾɚ] [ˈɹ̠ɐɪɾɚ] En-us-writer.ogg [ˈɹ̠ʌɪɾɚ] /ˈɹʌɪ.təɹ/ [ˈɹ̠əjɾ̥(ə)ɹ̠]

Word forms

writer writers

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-der.? Proto-Germanic *wrītaną Proto-West Germanic *wrītan Old English wrītan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English wrītere Middle English writer English writer From Middle English writer, writere, from Old English wrītere (“draughtsman; painter; writer; scribe; copyist”) and ġewritere (“writer; composer”), equivalent to write + -er and writ + -er. Cognate with Icelandic ritari (“clerk, secretary”), Faroese ritari (“clerk, secretary”).

Synonyms

author penman writer ship writer ship's writer

Related words

write writing philosopher scientist scholar narrator storyteller fabulist editor copyeditor literature

Derived words

braillewriter CD writer checkwriter chequewriter cocket writer copy writer copywriter cowriter cyberwriter fanwriter food writer gagwriter ghost writer ghostwriter hackney writer hymnwriter hyperwriter inkwriter letter writer manifold writer microwriter multiwriter newswriter nonwriter playwriter psalmwriter scorewriter screenwriter scriptwriter signwriter sketchwriter skywriter slate writer songwriter space writer speechwriter sports writer sportswriter subwriter technical writer telewriter typewriter wreader writercraft writerdom writeress writerish writerless writerling writerly writer's cramp writership writress
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