writer
Middle English
/ˈwriːtər(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wrītere (writer, scribe, painter, draughtsman, copyist) affix from Middle English writen.
Origin
Middle English
writen
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- braillewriter English
- checkwriter English
- chequewriter English
- copywriter English
- cowriter English
- cyberwriter English
- fanwriter English
- gagwriter English
- ghostwriter English
- hymnwriter English
- hyperwriter English
- microwriter English
- newswriter English
- nonwriter English
- playwriter English
- psalmwriter English
- scorewriter English
- screenwriter English
- scriptwriter English
- signwriter English
- sketchwriter English
- skywriter English
- songwriter English
- speechwriter English
- sportswriter English
- telewriter English
- typewriter English
- writ English
- write English
- writer English
- writercraft English
- writerdom English
- writeress English
- writerish English
- writerless English
- writerly English
- writership English
- writress English
- cranicwritere Old English
- stæfwritere Old English
- stærwritere Old English
- tidwritere Old English
- wrītan Old English
- wrītere Old English
- writen Middle English
- రైటరు Telugu