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Writer

//ˈɹaɪ.tə(ɹ)// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

    "Has your girlfriend written you another letter already? She’s quite a writer!"

  2. 2
    writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything that writes or produces output.

    "If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called."

  4. 4
    a person who is able to write and has written something wordnet
  5. 5
    The seller of an option.
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  1. 6
    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. historical
  2. 7
    An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns. Scotland
  3. 8
    A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship. US
  4. 9
    A graffiti artist. slang

    "Writers were reunited with their crews, none having seen each other since back in the day, since they'd spun from teenage affiliations into lives more burdened and serious."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From writer.

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