Definitions for writer
ˈraɪ tərwrit·er

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. writernoun

   A person who writes, or produces literary work.

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

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Writernoun

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

   Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]

2. Writernoun

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

   Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]

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

   Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]

Freebase(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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. Salma Hayek:

   There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together.

2. Wesley D'Amico:

   There is a writer in every sentence without the author.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   A writer travels through the heart again and again to express the beauty of its contents.

4. Cometan:

   I’m the worst writer ever. There, I said it before the billions ever could, but now you will all have to think of something else to say, yet all else will be a complement for the worst has already been said, by me.

5. Thomas Shelby:

   I didn't know what was going to happen and the end of series two, I thought I was dead for sure, I thought I was a goner, and then series three I didn't know who I was going to marry, what was going to happen, so you're always a step behind the writer and I think that's important.

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