writer

A1 Topic:Literature & Storytelling

US /ˈɹaɪ.təɹ/ UK /ˈɹaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #2530

Meanings

1

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

She is a writer who has published three novels.
2

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

The writer of the email did not leave a name.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who writes books,... author

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Word family

Forms writers

Derived forms braillewritercheckwriterchequewritercopywritercowritercyberwriterfanwritergagwriterghostwriterhymnwriterhyperwriterinkwriter

Related forms copyeditoreditor fabulist literature narrator philosopher scholar scientist storyteller write writing

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Proverbs (1)

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There are no dull subjects; there are only dull writers

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”).

writer Middle English wrītere Old English

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Literature & Storytelling Media & Publishing

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# writer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹaɪ.təɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 2530

## Meanings
1. A person who writes books, stories, or articles, especially as a job.
2. A person who has written something, such as a letter or note.

## Examples
- She is a writer who has published three novels.
- The writer of the email did not leave a name.

## Synonyms
- author
- penman

## Derived Forms
- braillewriter
- checkwriter
- chequewriter
- copywriter
- cowriter
- cyberwriter
- fanwriter
- gagwriter
- ghostwriter
- hymnwriter
- hyperwriter
- inkwriter

## Related Forms
- copyeditor
- editor
- fabulist
- literature
- narrator
- philosopher
- scholar
- scientist
- storyteller
- write
- writing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: writer
- Root: wrītere
- Affix: -er - one who

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Writer is 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”). Important historical forms include Middle English writer, and Old English wrītere. In present-day use, it can mean a person who writes books, stories, or articles, especially as a job, or a person who has written something, such as a letter or note.

## Topics
- Literature & Storytelling
- Media & Publishing

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