What does writer mean?

Definitions for writer
ˈraɪ tərwrit·er

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word writer.

Princeton's WordNet

  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

  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 Dictionary

  1. Writernoun

    Etymology: from write.

    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.

ChatGPT

  1. writer

    A writer is someone who uses words to create written content or literature, typically as a profession or as a means of self-expression. They often engage in various forms of writing, such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism, screenplays, or technical writing. Writers carefully choose and arrange words to convey ideas, emotions, and stories, using their creative skills to effectively communicate with their intended audience.

Webster Dictionary

  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.]

Wikidata

  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 Records

  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.

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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

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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. Václav Havel:

    The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive.

  2. Viola Davis:

    [ Actors ] are in the business of creating human beings, of finding out what makes you tick -- the psychological pathology, pathology is the study of tumors. Acting is a study of' What is your tumor ? What is that nucleus ?' And in order to do that, I felt like if I took that wig off... what it's going to force the writer to do is write the woman.

  3. Rajnesh Sharma:

    You are the writer of your own life.

  4. Sinclair Lewis:

    In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.

  5. Leo Rosten:

    The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

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