writer

English

/ˈɹaɪ.tə/, /ˈɹaɪ.təɹ/

noun
Definitions
  • A person who writes, or produces literary work.
  • Anything that writes or produces output.
  • (finance) The seller of an option.
  • (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the , who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
  • (Scotland) An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.
  • (US) A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English writer inherited from Old English wrītere (writer, scribe, painter, draughtsman, copyist) affix from English write (imprint, engrave, inscribe), writ.

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