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writer

/ˈɹaɪtə/RIGH-tur
/ˈɹaɪtɚ/RIGH-tur

Meaningone who writes

Common meaning: an author

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwritan‘ia. where the figures are letters’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwritensource
  3. Englishwrite‘to form letters on a surface’
  4. Englishformed in English from writewriter‘an author’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from write + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WRITE, p.722 · scan

Source words

  • writan Old English · source word “to scratch, to carve”

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