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.
Origin
English
writ
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewrite English
- braille English
- braillewriter English
- check English
- checkwriter English
- cheque English
- chequewriter English
- copy English
- copywriter English
- coscreenwriter English
- cowrite English
- cowriter English
- craft English
- cyberwriter English
- enwrite English
- fan English
- fanwriter English
- forewrite English
- gag English
- gagwriter English
- ghost English
- ghostwriter English
- handwrit English
- handwrite English
- hymn English
- hymnwriter English
- hyperwriter English
- inwrite English
- microwriter English
- miswrite English
- news English
- newswriter English
- nonwriter English
- outwrite English
- overwrite English
- play English
- playwriter English
- prewrite English
- psalm English
- psalmwriter English
- rewrite English
- score English
- scorewriter English
- screen English
- screenwrite English
- screenwriter English
- script English
- scriptwriter English
- sign English
- signwriter English
- singer-songwriter English
- sketch English
- sketchwriter English
- sky English
- skywrite English
- skywriter English
- sleepwrite English
- song English
- songwriter English
- songwriterly English
- speech English
- speechwriter English
- sports English
- sportswriter English
- subwrite English
- teletypewriter English
- telewriter English
- type English
- typewriter English
- typewriterless English
- typewriterlike English
- typewritery English
- underwrite English
- unwrit English
- unwrite English
- writ English
- writ-room English
- writability English
- writable English
- write English
- write-down English
- write-up English
- writeback English
- writee English
- writercraft English
- writerdom English
- writeress English
- writerish English
- writerless English
- writerly English
- writership English
- writest English
- writeth English
- writethrough English
- writing English
- writless English
- writo English
- writress English
- Ghostwriter German
- songwriter Dutch, Flemish
- спичрайтер Russian
- ghostwriter Portuguese
- タイプライター Japanese
- copywriter Polish
- cranicwritere Old English
- stæfwritere Old English
- stærwritere Old English
- tidwritere Old English
- wrītere Old English
- writ Middle English
- writen Middle English
- writer Middle English
- copywriter Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- రైటరు Telugu
- tapureta Swahili
- 타이프라이터 Korean
- raitim Tok Pisin
- taipraita Tok Pisin
- sky
- fan
- gag
- sign
- writ
- song
- news
- type
- play
- copy
- hymn
- check
- write
- score
- psalm
- writo
- ghost
- craft
- script
- writee
- screen
- cheque
- unwrit
- sports
- speech
- sketch
- rewrite
- bewrite
- inwrite
- writest
- unwrite
- writeth
- braille
- writing
- cowrite
- enwrite
- prewrite
- handwrit
- write-up
- writerly
- miswrite
- subwrite
- skywrite
- outwrite
- cowriter
- writable
- writress
- writless
- skywriter
- writeress
- nonwriter
- writeback
- writerdom
- forewrite
- handwrite
- writerish
- overwrite
- gagwriter
- writ-room
- fanwriter
- writership
- typewriter
- telewriter
- copywriter
- hymnwriter
- underwrite
- signwriter
- newswriter
- songwriter
- sleepwrite
- writerless
- write-down
- playwriter
- psalmwriter
- hyperwriter
- writability
- typewritery
- microwriter
- ghostwriter
- checkwriter
- cyberwriter
- screenwrite
- scorewriter
- writercraft
- chequewriter
- sportswriter
- screenwriter
- speechwriter
- writethrough
- songwriterly
- sketchwriter
- scriptwriter
- braillewriter
- typewriterless
- coscreenwriter
- teletypewriter
- typewriterlike
- singer-songwriter