Definition for writer - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	writer (writer) Pronunciation: /ˈrʌɪtə/ noun 1a person who has written something or who writes in a particular way: the writer of the letter a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job or occupation: Dickens was a prolific writer a writer of short stories 2 Computing a device that writes data to a storage medium: a CD writer 3 historical a scribe. archaic a clerk, especially in the navy or in government offices. Phrases writer's block the condition of being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with writing: the novelist recovered from a two-year bout with writer’s block writer's cramp pain or stiffness in the hand caused by excessive writing: muscular disorders including tennis elbow and writer’s cramp Origin: Old English wrītere (see write)		Search results in the dictionary crime writer speech-writer writer-in-residence writer to the Signet co-writer in co-write ghostwriter More results » More words in this category biography gaze Lake Poets Lucan 1 outline rhymester Sappho sprezzatura troubadour Nearby Words writ of summons write write-back write-down write-in write-off write-once write-protect write-up writer writer to the Signet writer-in-residence writerly writhe writhen writing writing case writing desk writing pad