A writer of books; an author, a scholar. Also: a scribe. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] (167) bookerOE A writer of books; an author, a scholar. Also: a scribe. Obsolete. writerOE A person who composes written material; esp. a person who writes books, plays, stories, or other works, as an occupation or profession; an… makerc1350 A person who composes a book, draws up a document, frames a law, or the like. authora1382 The writer of a book or other work; a person whose occupation is writing books. Cf. authoress, n. 1. inditera1387 One who indites; one who composes or dictates a literary work, speech, or letter; an author, writer, composer. pena1398 By metonymy: the person who uses a pen; a writer, an author (esp. one who is unknown or unspecified). poetc1400 More generally: a person who composes works of literature; a writer. Obsolete. bookmakera1425 A person who writes or compiles a book or books; (frequently depreciative) a person who does this in a mechanical or perfunctory manner. Now rare. ditera1425 One who indites; author, writer, composer. compilera1500 An (original) author, composer. Obsolete. compositor?1533 One who composes or compiles a literary work. Obsolete. rare. book writer1565 penner1568 A person who pens or composes a piece of writing, a document, a statement, etc.; a writer of something (either the original composer, or a copier). authorizera1579 Originally Scottish. A person who authorizes a person or thing (in various senses of the verb). Also in extended use of a thing. bookwright1583 a maker or author of books. scribe1584 A writer of poetry, literature, letters, etc.; an author; a person who is in the habit of writing. Also: the writer of a particular text. Sometimes… epistler1592 Chiefly literary or (in later use) humorous. The writer of an epistle (in various senses). penman1592 A writer of a book or other work; an author. scriptora1600 A writer, esp. a scribe, a copyist. composer1603 One who composes a literary work; an author or writer. book-breeder1605 comprisor?1623 One who composes (a treatise); an author. (See comprise, v. 7.) volumist1641 One who writes a volume; an author. scrivenera1660 An author, journalist, or other writer. Now frequently humorous. literatist1660 A person engaged in literary pursuits; a writer, an author. knight of the quill1692 a writer, author. belletrist1816 One devoted to belles-lettres. attributive or as adj. = belletristic, adj. scriever1825 Scottish. A writer. creative writer1854 a person who engages in creative writing. penworker1876 A person who works with or is skilled in using a pen; a writer. Cf. pen-pusher, n. Subcategories:— personality of (1) — woman (4) — company or body of writers (2) — fellow-writer (1) — joint author (1) — writer of present work (1) — eloquent writer (3) — writer of first rank (1) — famous writer (1) — best seller or worst-seller (2) — inferior writer (30) — interpolator of spurious words or passages (1) — hack (10) — writer employed on staff (1) — writer-in-residence (1) — one who has passion for writing (1) — writer appealing to fellow-writers (1) — voluminous writer (2) — ancient writers (1) — writers in specific language or dialect (4) — writer of tragedy (6) — humorous writer (27) — writer of epitaphs (2) — writer of carefully elaborated work (2) — writer of sequels (2) — writer of trilogies (1) — writer of pornography (2) — writers of other types of material (25) — Sir Walter Scott (1) |
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