Writer
Writer , noun
[Anglo-Saxon wrītere.]
1.
One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
They [came] that handle the pen of the writer.
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2.
One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile.
3.
A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
Collocations (2)
Writer's cramp or Writer's palsy or Writer's spasm (Medicine) , a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener's palsy.
Writer to the signet , See under Signet.