writer
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Synonyms: waiter, write, writes, wrister, writee, writher, whiter, wrier, triter, riter, weiter
Antonyms: waiter, write, writes, wrister, writee, writher, whiter, wrier, triter, riter, weiter
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A person who [[write]]s, or produces [[literary]] [[work]]; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".
- Anything that writes or produces output.
- A machine or tool used for writing, often by [[chording]] keys on a specialized [[keyboard]] (e.g. [[braillewriter]], [[microwriter]], [[stenograph]]).
- {{lb|en|finance}} The [[seller]] of an [[option]].
- {{lb|en|historical}} A [[clerk]] of a certain [[rank]] in the service of the {{w|East India Company}}, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a [[factor]].
- {{lb|en|Scotland}} An ordinary [[legal]] [[practitioner]] in Scottish country towns.
- {{lb|en|US}} A [[petty officer]] in the [[United States]] [[navy]] who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.
- {{lb|en|slang}} A [[graffiti artist]].
Proper noun
- {{surname|en|from=occupations}}.
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