Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession.
Wiktionary
- n. someone who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession
WordNet 3.0
- n. a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver
Etymologies
- speech + writer (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Poor logic [some speechwriter is responsible for torture policy?], historically fallacious, and quite plainly dumb.”
“I really think this speechwriter is just looking for his 15 minutes.”
“The former Bush speechwriter is only trying to use his minor relationship with President Bush to get rich quick.”
“His genius as the greatest modern speechwriter is legendary.”
The Huffington Post: Jeffrey Sachs: Gratitude for the Life of Ted Sorensen
“Not a sheep: Breaking News: John McCain speechwriter switches sides to Barack Obama's camp skip to main | skip to sidebar”
Breaking News: John McCain speechwriter switches sides to Barack Obama's camp
“Adding insult to injury, the umpteenth insider look at Bush administration's dysfunction was unveiled last week as well, courtesy of an obscure second-term speechwriter named Matt Latimer.”
“The notion that Palin isn’t a legitimate voice because she has (gasp!) a speechwriter is a notion that is new in history, but I suppose only applies to Republicans.”
Sarah Palin’s Wall Street Journal Health Care Op-Ed. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“Breaking News: John McCain speechwriter switches sides to Barack Obama's camp”
Breaking News: John McCain speechwriter switches sides to Barack Obama's camp
“Last week Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan—best known as a speechwriter for President Reagan—belittled Governor Sarah Palin for being “self-referential to the point of self-reverence.””
“By this definition, which makes no exceptions, every president who has ever used a speechwriter is a plagiarist.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘speechwriter’.
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Writer, Writer!
columnist, contributor, novelist, poet, wordsmith, stringer, freelancer, ghostwriter, journalist, correspondent, essayist, speechwriter and 99 more...
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working for a living
playwright, bard, conductor, squire, professor, lackey, swashbuckler, corsair, apothecary, hangman, embalmer, executioner and 58 more...
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