Definitions for Writer
ˈraɪ tərwrit·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. writer, authornoun

   writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

2. writernoun

   a person who is able to write and has written something

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. writernoun

   A person who writes, or produces literary work.

   Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She's quite a writer!

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Writernoun

   Etymology: from write.

   1. One who practises the art of writing.2. An authour.

   All three were ruined by justice and sentence, as delinquents; and all three famous writers. Francis Bacon.

   Peaceable times are the best to live in, though not so proper to furnish materials for a writer. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

   Writers are often more influenced by a desire of fame, than a regard to the publick good. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

   Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation to posterity, let him consider in old books what he finds that he is glad to know, and what omissions he most laments. Jonathan Swift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Writernoun

   one who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk

2. Writernoun

   one who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels

3. Writernoun

   a clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor

4. Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]

FreebaseRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Writer

   A writer is a person who uses written words to communicate ideas. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, news articles, screenplays, or essays. Skilled writers are able to use language to express ideas and their work contributes significantly to the cultural content of a society. The word is also used elsewhere in the arts – such as songwriter – but as a standalone term, "writer" normally refers to the creation of written language. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media – for example, graphics or illustration – to enhance the communication of their ideas. Some use images or multimedia to augment their writing. In rare instances, a creative writer is able to communicate their ideas via music as well as words. As well as producing their own written works, writers often write on how they write; why they write; and also comment on the work of other writers. Writers work professionally or non-professionally, that is, for payment or without payment and may be paid either in advance, or only after their work is published. Payment is only one of the motivations of writers and many are never paid for their work.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WRITER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Writer is ranked #59901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Writer surname appeared 337 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Writer.
   
   87.5% or 295 total occurrences were White.
   4.7% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.2% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.9% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Communicator
   • Literate

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Writer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2681

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Writer' in Nouns Frequency: #642

How to pronounce Writer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Writer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Writer in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Writer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Writer in a Sentence

1. Jim Bishop:

   A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   In the best interest of profession, a writer should sometimes refrain from writing.

4. Anaïs Nin:

   It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

5. E. B. White:

   I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they happen to strike me.

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