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- 1 The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
"The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author."
- 2 someone who originates or causes or initiates something wordnet
- 3 The initial owner of the copyright to a work, especially a work made for hire or a work of corporate authorship. US
"The author named on the copyright registration for the Android robot is Google Inc."
- 4 writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) wordnet
- 5 Someone who writes books for a living.
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- 6 Principal; the primary participant in a crime. obsolete
"We hear […]of fratricidal murders, and stern reprisals on their authors."
- 7 One's authority for something: an informant. archaic
"Let me inform you en passant, Ladies, that those Villains the Heathens, as my Authors tell me, (and I thought it wou'd^([sic]) not be amiss to communicate such a nice Observation to this House) used to call our Saviour Chrestus, and not Christus, by way of Contempt and Derision […]"
- 8 The creator or cause of anything. figuratively
"The other, standing nearly head-on toward the hunters, had not proved so good a mark, and though every spear struck not one entered the great heart. For a moment the huge bull stood trumpeting in rage and pain, casting about with its little eyes for the author of its hurt."
- 1 To create a work as its author. US, proscribed, sometimes
- 2 be the author of wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur.
From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur.
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