writer

From Middle English writer, writere, from Old English wrītere (“draughtsman; painter; writer; scribe; copyist”) and ġewritere (“writer; composer”), equivalent to write +‎ -er and writ +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪtɚ/, [ˈɹɐɪɾɚ]

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• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
• Homophone: rider (in some accents)

writer (plural writers)

1. A person who writes, or produces literary work.

   Has your girlfriend written you another letter already? She’s quite a writer!

   I met some of my favourite authors at the writers' convention.

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.

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• See also Thesaurus:writer

• write
• writing

• rewrit

• wryter, writere, wrytter, wrytere, wrijtere

From Old English wrītere; can be synchronically analysed as writen +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwriːtər(ə)/

writer (plural writers)

1. A draughtsman, or copyist; one who notes down the words of another.
2. A record-keeper or annalist; one who records significant events.
3. A writer or author; one who writes.
4. (rare) One who produces a translation.

• writen

• English: writer
• Scots: writer

• “wrīter(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-30.