writer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who writes books, stories, or articles, especially as a job.

   She is a writer who has published three novels.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who has written something, such as a letter or note.

   The writer of the email did not leave a name.

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”).

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