Kilo Lingo

writer

/ˈraɪtə/

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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

Gender
Pluralwriters

Examples

.

"Writer" is a person who writes.

lot .

"Writers" is the plural, meaning more than one writer.

local .

Here "writer" tells us what his job is.

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This word is part of lesson 17.