What does writer mean?
Definitions for writer
ˈraɪ tərwrit·er
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word writer.
Princeton's WordNet
writer, author(noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writer(noun)
a person who is able to write and has written something
Wiktionary
writer(Noun)
A person who writes, or produces literary work.
Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She's quite a writer!
Webster Dictionary
Writer(noun)
one who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk
Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]
Writer(noun)
one who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels
Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]
Writer(noun)
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
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.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'writer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2681
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'writer' in Nouns Frequency: #642
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of writer in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of writer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of writer in a Sentence
We have a soccer player called [Radamel] Falcao, we have our Nobel Prize [winner] Gabriel Garcia Marquez, people are talking about them internationally, [but] they say 'The Columbian writer, the Columbian soccer player'.
The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language.
I haven't spoken to Harper Lee directly about this. And not many people have, except for Harper Lee agent and lawyer, but I did meet Harper Lee two and a half years ago at a writer's conference, and Harper Lee was in great humor. And sharp and very much in the spirit of the event. So I don't question Harper Lee ability make a judgment about this.
It’s wonderful to know that the power to define who I am rests solely with me. If I decide I am an artist, or a poet, a teacher or a writer then; I am
A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles.
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Translations for writer
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- skrywerAfrikaans
- مؤلف, كاتبArabic
- yazıçıAzerbaijani
- пісьменнікBelarusian
- писателBulgarian
- লেখকBengali
- escriptorCatalan, Valencian
- яздархоChechen
- spisovatelCzech
- forfatterDanish
- Schreiber, Autor, Autorin, Schriftsteller, Schreiberin, SchriftstellerinGerman
- nuŋlɔlaEwe
- συγγραφέαςGreek
- virskribanto, verkisto, virskribisto, skribanto, skribistino, skribantino, virverkisto, skribisto, verkistinoEsperanto
- escritora, escritorSpanish
- kirjanikEstonian
- idazleBasque
- نویسندهPersian
- kirjoittaja, kirjailijaFinnish
- écrivain, auteurFrench
- scríbhneoirIrish
- sgrìobhaiche, sgrìobhadairScottish Gaelic
- screeudeyrManx
- סוֹפֵר, סוֹפֶרֶתHebrew
- लेखक, लेखिकाHindi
- íróHungarian
- գրողArmenian
- scriptorInterlingua
- pengarang, penulisIndonesian
- rithöfundurIcelandic
- scrittore, scrittriceItalian
- 筆者, 作家, 著者Japanese
- ჭარუ, მწერალიGeorgian
- жазушыKazakh
- អ្នកនិពន្ធKhmer
- 작가, 作家Korean
- نوسهرKurdish
- жазуучуKyrgyz
- scriptor, scriptrixLatin
- ນັກຂຽນLao
- autorius, rašytoja, autorė, rašytojasLithuanian
- rakstnieks, autorsLatvian
- писател, писателкаMacedonian
- бичээч, зохиолчMongolian
- लेखकMarathi
- katib, penulis, mualif, pengarangMalay
- စာရေးဆရာBurmese
- auteur, schrijver, schrijfsterDutch
- forfatter, skribentNorwegian
- escrivanOccitan
- pisarz, pisarkaPolish
- escritor, escritoraPortuguese
- scrivent, sriptura, scriventa, scripturRomansh
- autor, scriitor, scriitoareRomanian
- автор, писатель, писательницаRussian
- pisatelj, писатељица, pisateljica, списатељ, spisatelj, списатељица, pisac, писатељ, писац, spisateljicaSerbo-Croatian
- ලියන්නාSinhala, Sinhalese
- spisovateľSlovak
- pisátelj, pisáteljica, písecSlovene
- shkrimtarAlbanian
- författare, skriftställare, skribentSwedish
- нависандаTajik
- นักเขียนThai
- ýazyjyTurkmen
- manunulatTagalog
- yazar, müellifTurkish
- язучыTatar
- يازغۇچىUyghur, Uighur
- письменникUkrainian
- لیکھکUrdu
- yozuvchiUzbek
- nhà vănVietnamese
- hilautan, jilautan, lautanVolapük
- שריפֿטשטעלערין, שריפֿטשטעלער, שרײַבער, שרײַבעריןYiddish
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