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writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
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communicator a person who communicates with others
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abstracter,
abstractor one who makes abstracts or summarizes information
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alliterator a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
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authoress a woman author
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biographer someone who writes an account of a person's life
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coauthor,
joint author a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
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commentator,
reviewer a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
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compiler (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
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contributor a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
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cyberpunk a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
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drafter a writer of a draft
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dramatist,
playwright someone who writes plays
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essayist,
litterateur a writer of literary works
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folk writer a writer of folktales
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framer someone who writes a new law or plan; "the framers of the Constitution"
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gagman,
gagster,
gagwriter someone who writes comic material for public performers
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ghost,
ghostwriter a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
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gothic romancer a writer of Gothic romances
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hack,
hack writer,
literary hack a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
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journalist a writer for newspapers and magazines
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librettist author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
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lyricist,
lyrist a person who writes the words for songs
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novelist one who writes novels
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pamphleteer a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
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paragrapher a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)
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poet a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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polemic,
polemicist,
polemist a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
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poetiser,
poetizer,
rhymer,
rhymester,
versifier a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
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scenarist a writer of screenplays
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scriptwriter someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
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space writer a writer paid by the area of the copy
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speechwriter a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver
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tragedian an actor who specializes in tragic roles
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wordmonger a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning
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word-painter a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power
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wordsmith a fluent and prolific writer
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writer - a person who is able to write and has written something |
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literate,
literate person a person who can read and write
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diarist,
diary keeper,
journalist someone who keeps a diary or journal
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scrawler,
scribbler a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read
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good speller,
poor speller,
speller an introductory textbook to teach spelling
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transcriber someone who makes a written version of spoken material
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transcriber someone who makes a written version of spoken material
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