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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪtɚ/, [ˈɹɐɪɾɚ]
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
- Homophone: rider (in some accents)
Noun[edit]
writer (plural writers)
- A person who writes, or produces literary work.
- Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer!
- (historical) 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.
- Anything that writes or produces output.
- 2001, Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java 2: Fundamentals (page 715)
- If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever
println
is called.
- If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever
- 2001, Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java 2: Fundamentals (page 715)
Synonyms[edit]
- author
- See also Thesaurus:writer
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from writer (noun)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person who writes; an author
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Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English wrītere; can be synchronically analysed as writen + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
writer (plural writers)
- A draughtsman, or copyist; one who notes down the words of another.
- A record-keeper or annalist; one who records significant events.
- A writer or author; one who writes.
- (rare) One who produces a translation.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “wrīter(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-30.
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