noun

writer

writer, author

She is a famous writer.

She is a famous writer.

The writer of this article is unknown.

The writer of this article is unknown.

((a/the)) writer a person who writes She is a famous writer.

Synonyms: author, novelist, journalist

From the verb 'write' plus the agent suffix '-er', meaning 'one who writes'.

A writ-er is a p-er-son who writes. The '-er' suffix often denotes a person who does an action.

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