ghostwrite
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from ghostwriter.
Verb[edit]
ghostwrite (third-person singular simple present ghostwrites, present participle ghostwriting, simple past ghostwrote, past participle ghostwritten)
- (authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- Mariana would rather not ghostwrite for a living because she finds it a thankless task.
- (authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
- The president has someone to ghostwrite his addresses.
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Translations[edit]
write under the name of another
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author a literary work