Writer

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈɹaɪtÉ™/
• US IPA: ˈɹaɪɾɚ
• Rhymes: -aɪtÉ™(r)

Origin

From Middle English, from Old English

Full definition of writer

Noun

1. A person who writes, or produces literary work.Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer!
2. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
3. Anything that writes or produces output.
• 2001, Cay S. Horstmann, ‎Gary Cornell, Core Java 2: Fundamentals (page 715)If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called.

Synonyms

• author

Derived terms

Related terms

• write
• writing