writ ‧ er S3 W2 /ˈraɪtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ writer , ↑ writing , ↑ rewrite ; verb : ↑ write , ↑ rewrite ; adjective : ↑ written ≠ ↑ unwritten ]
1 . someone who writes books, stories etc, especially as a job ⇨ author , playwright :
She’s one of my favourite writers.
a science-fiction writer
writer on
a well-known writer on American music
writer of
a writer of children’s stories
2 . someone who has written something or who writes in a particular way:
He’s always been a sloppy writer.
writer of
the writer of the previous message on this topic
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + writer
▪ a good/great writer
She was a very good writer.
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Dr Johnson was already a great writer at the age of thirty-five.
▪ a fiction/science-fiction/mystery writer
The movie is based on a story by science-fiction writer Phillip K. Dick.
▪ a travel/history/sports etc writer (=someone who writes articles and books about a subject)
This region of Europe does not excite many travel writers.
▪ a prolific writer (=someone who writes a lot of books etc)
He was a prolific writer of everything from poems to essays.
▪ a freelance writer
She now works as a freelance writer.
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THESAURUS
▪ writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job:
Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.
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a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine
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I always wanted to be a writer.
▪ author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book:
Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.
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The author will be signing copies of his book.
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He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
▪ novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events:
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.
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the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
▪ poet someone who writes poems:
a class studying the works of modern American poets
▪ playwright someone who writes plays:
Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
▪ dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past:
the great French dramatist, Moliere
▪ scriptwriter ( also screenwriter ) someone who writes plays for films or television:
Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
▪ blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website:
a travel blogger
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a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English