writer

[rahy-ter] /ˈraɪ tər/
noun
1.
a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
2.
a clerk, scribe, or the like.
3.
a person who commits his or her thoughts, ideas, etc., to writing:
an expert letter writer.
4.
(in a piece of writing) the author (used as a circumlocution for “I,” “me,” “my,” etc.):
The writer wishes to state….
5.
a person who writes or is able to write:
a writer in script.
6.
Stock Exchange. someone who sells options.
7.
Scot. a lawyer or solicitor.
Origin
before 900; Middle English, Old English wrītere. See write, -er1
Examples from the web for writer
  • What often happens is that the writer misunderstands some aspect of the editing and loses confidence in the editor.
  • Note how in the second paragraph the writer refers specifically to the position announcement.
  • The cost for the writer is that publishers' budgets and schedules simply don't allow unlimited attention to one manuscript.
  • Finally, the desperate editor sent an equally desperate illustrator to search out the writer.
  • The third word of the article explains the writer's problem.
  • The writer should have thought twice before writing this article.
  • In some ways, no one except an excitable science writer here and there had taken enough notice to respond.
  • Perhaps he did: he often complained of the artistic malady known as writer's block.
  • It is merely teaching participants how to overcome their writer's block.
  • If the interruption to the flow of the sentence is but slight, the writer may safely omit the commas.
British Dictionary definitions for writer

writer

/ˈraɪtə/
noun
1.
a person who writes books, articles, etc, esp as an occupation
2.
the person who has written something specified
3.
a person who is able to write or write well
4.
a scribe or clerk
5.
a composer of music
6.
(Scot) a legal practitioner, such as a notary or solicitor
7.
Writer to the Signet, (in Scotland) a member of an ancient society of solicitors, now having the exclusive privilege of preparing crown writs
Word Origin and History for writer
n.

Old English writere "one who can write, clerk; one who produces books or literary compositions," agent noun from writan (see write (v.)). Meaning "sign-painter" is from 1837. Writer's cramp attested by 1853; writer's block by 1950.