AUTHOR

noun the editor of a periodical.

2. author ·noun an informant.

3. author ·vt to occasion; to originate.

4. author ·vt to tell; to say; to declare.

5. author ·noun one who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

6. author ·noun the beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.