writer

writer
n
1. penman, penner, Sl. pen-pusher, Sl. ink-slinger, Sl. ink-spiller, Sl. quill-driver; author, composer, creative writer, wordsmith, word painter; hack, scribbler, Inf. word-slinger, Inf. potboiler, Chiefly Brit. Archaic. penny-a-liner.
2. journalist, newsman, newspaperman, Brit. pressman, Archaic. gazetteer, gentleman or representative of the press, member of the fourth estate; reporter, Journalism. leg man, newshound, newshawk, news-hen, newsmonger; correspondent, contributor, stringer, paragrapher, Brit. paragraphist; columnist, gossip columnist, sob sister, scandalmonger, dirt-dealer; critic, reviewer; editor, contributing editor, editorialist, Brit. leader writer; newswriter.
3. scribe, scrivener, amanuensis, secretary, clerk, recorder; copier, copyist, engrosser, transcriber, Judaism. sopher.
4. scenarist, script writer, movie writer, playwright, dramaturgist; prosaist; paraphrast, paraphraser; ironist, satirist, parodist; mythmaker; magazinist.

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