writer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

   Has your girlfriend written you another letter already? She’s quite a writer!

2. 2
   noun

   Anything that writes or produces output.

   If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called.

3. 3
   noun

   A graffiti artist.

   Writers were reunited with their crews, none having seen each other since back in the day, since they'd spun from teenage affiliations into lives more burdened and serious.

4. 4
   noun

   writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

5. 5
   noun

   a person who is able to write and has written something

6. 6
   noun

   The seller of an option.

7. 7
   noun

   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.

8. 8
   noun

   An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.

Etymology

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”).