/ˈraɪtə/
Translation
A person who writes books, stories, or other things for people to read.
Word origin
From write plus the ending -er, meaning one who writes.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- writan
Grammar
Examples
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"Writer" is a person who writes.
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"Writers" is the plural, meaning more than one writer.
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Here "writer" tells us what his job is.
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