Definitions for writer
ˈraɪ tərwrit·er

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. writer, author(noun)

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

2. writer(noun)

   a person who is able to write and has written something

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Writer(noun)

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

   Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]

2. Writer(noun)

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

   Etymology: [AS. wrtere.]

3. 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(2.00 / 1 vote)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.

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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Emilio Pombo:

   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'.

2. Paul de Man:

   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.

3. Mary McDonagh Murphy:

   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.

4. Renae A. Sauter:

   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

5. Gregory Nunn:

   A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles.

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