n.1 a person who writes or has written something.
2 a person who writes books; an author.
3 a clerk, esp. in the Navy or in government offices.
4 a scribe.
Phrases and idioms:
writer's cramp a muscular spasm due to excessive writing. Writer to the Signet a Scottish solicitor conducting cases in the Court of Session.
Etymology: OE writere (as WRITE)