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Synonyms for writer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rahy-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈraɪ tər

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Définition of writer

Origin :
  • Old English writere "one who can write, clerk; one who produces books or literary compositions," agent noun from writan (see write (v.)). Meaning "sign-painter" is from 1837. Writer's cramp attested by 1853; writer's block by 1950.
  • noun person who composes with language
Example sentences :
  • The writer further says the metal was made from silver coins.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • He gave the writer of the note sixpence and a barrel pen for his trouble.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • There is no writer of to-day who will be read twenty years after he is dead.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Let us consider, again, how preference in a writer is established.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • But how had the writer of the ill-spelled missive known of that matter?
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Written in pencil; he could feel the indentations where the writer had borne down.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Style should not obtrude between a writer and his reader; it should be servant, not master.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • So one might go on quoting felicity for ever from this writer.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • If I can't be a great writer, I don't want to be a writer at all.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Fortunately for the lover of nature no English writer has as yet popularized the Vosges.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

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