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Writer Person Writing Experience Noun Bre ˈraɪtə(R ˈraɪtər

Word writer
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈraɪtə(r) / NAmE / ˈraɪtər /
Example
  • writers of poetry
  • a travel/cookery, etc. writer
  • the writer of this letter
  • a messy writer
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writer

(noun)BrE / ˈraɪtə(r) / NAmE / ˈraɪtər /
  1. a person whose job is writing books, stories, articles, etc.
    • writers of poetry
    • a travel/cookery, etc. writer
  2. a person who has written a particular thing
    • the writer of this letter
  3. a person who forms letters in a particular way when they are writing
    • a messy writer

    Extra Examples

    • As one twelfth-century writer put it, English wine could be drunk only with closed eyes and through clenched teeth.
    • He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
    • He’s just released a new album after two years of writer’s block.
    • Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse?
    • She gives talks about being a black woman writer.
    • The present writer has no experience in microbiology.
    • The present writer= the person writing has no experience in microbiology.
    • The writer drew on his own experience to write this script.
    • Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.
    • We have decided not to employ a writer in residence after June.
    • a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published
    • a freelance feature writer for Time
    • a popular writer who has written over forty books
    • a very prolific crime writer
    • a writer of children’s books
    • a writer to the letters column
    • early writers in sociology
    • her career as a writer
    • one of the best writers in journalism today
    • one of the greatest writers of all time
    • He joined the newspaper in 1923 as an editorial writer.
    • a travel/science/cookery writer
    • the writer of this letter/article/computer program

    Word Origin

    • Old English wrītere, of Germanic origin.
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