writer
//ˈɹaɪ.tə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- writers
Definitions
1.Anything that writes or produces output.
- If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called.
2.The seller of an option.
3.An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.
4.A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".
- I met some of my favourite authors at the writers' convention.
- Has your girlfriend written you another letter already? She’s quite a writer!
- Though the writer has striven to dwell on aspects that have passed, or are passing away, it will be apparent that many features of Midland practice have been adopted as standard for the L.M.S.R. and other railways.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1002
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-der.?
Proto-Germanic *wrītaną
Proto-West Germanic *wrītan
Old English wrītan
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Old English wrītere