Definitions for writer

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writer writ·er

Spelling: [rahy-ter]

IPA: /ˈraɪ tər/

Writer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in writer (eirrtw).

Definitions for writer

noun

1. a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
2. a clerk, scribe, or the like.
3. a person who commits his or her thoughts, ideas, etc., to writing:
4. (in a piece of writing) the author (used as a circumlocution for “I,” “me,” “my,” etc.):
5. a person who writes or is able to write:
6. Stock Exchange. someone who sells options.
7. Scot. a lawyer or solicitor.

Origin of writer

before 900; Middle English, Old English wrītere. See write, -er¹

Examples for writer

In his view, a writer has only one duty: to be present in his books.

From writer Gail Simone to artist Fiona Staples, there are incredible women already working in the industry.

He gave the writer of the note sixpence and a barrel pen for his trouble.

Spencer, 27,  is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.

His father, a writer, and his mother, who worked in insurance, were flawless.

The writer further says the metal was made from silver coins.

But how had the writer of the ill-spelled missive known of that matter?

Can you imagine Superman being handed over to a writer just a notch above amateur?

Let us consider, again, how preference in a writer is established.

There is no writer of to-day who will be read twenty years after he is dead.