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  1. noun One who writes, especially as an occupation.

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  • My best gift as a writer is my gift for truth; I have a thoroughly honest mind, and know the truth when I see it. —  Our Friend John Burroughs
  • Naturally the great drawback for a writer is a feeling of being out of touch; but then, if one is a certain kind of writer, one has to ask, out of touch with what? —  An Autobiography
  • Then hold yourself tense, trying not to move. —  Renegades Of Gor
  • They came in politely, Lucy-Ann, Philip and Jack. —  The Circus of Adventure
  • - —  The Best Revenge
 

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  1. from Middle English writere, from Anglo-Saxon writere (= Icelandic ritari); as write + -er.
 

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/ˈraɪtər/
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