Writer

Quick meaning: Writer is a noun meaning A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

Meaning

A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

More Meanings

1. Anything that writes or produces output.
2. (finance) The seller of an option.
3. (Scotland) An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.
4. (US) A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.
5. (slang) A graffiti artist.
6. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

Example Sentences

the present writer (referring to oneself as the writer)

I met some of my favourite authors at the writers' convention.

Has your girlfriend written you another letter already? She’s quite a writer!

If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called.

Word Forms

• writers

Synonyms for writer

Depending on context, synonyms include author, penman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include author, novelist, authorship, literature, scriptwriter, write.

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