单词 | penworker |
释义 | penworkern. rare. A person who works with or is skilled in using a pen; a writer. Cf. pen-pusher n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer writereOE bookerOE markerOE scrivein?1208 scrivener1218 scrieverc1425 pen-clerk?c1430 scribe1435 scrivan1511 penman1552 scrivano1581 feather-driver1593 scriptora1600 Khoja1625 quill man1648 conicopoly1680 quill-driver1700 escrivain1744 sirkar1828 penworker1876 society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] bookerOE writerOE makerc1350 authora1382 inditera1387 pena1398 poetc1400 bookmakera1425 ditera1425 compilera1500 compositor?1533 book writer1565 penner1568 authorizera1579 bookwright1583 scribe1584 epistler1592 penman1592 scriptora1600 composer1603 book-breeder1605 comprisor?1623 volumist1641 scrivenera1660 literatist1660 knight of the quill1692 belletrist1816 scriever1825 creative writer1854 penworker1876 1876 Appletons' Jrnl. Aug. 123/1 It is not necessary that he should be an editor-in-chief in order to have importance in the eyes of the Paris world, and (what is better, and rarer, to a pen-worker) to have it tangibly. 1901 Daily News 14 Feb. 9/3 Penworkers were only being paid six to twelve shillings per week. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876 |
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