Writer /(?)/

Writ·er

Writer

n.
  1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
    They [came] that handle the pen of the writer.
    — Judg. v. 14.
    My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
    — Ps. xlv. 1.
  2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
    This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile.
  3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

Phrases & Compounds
Writer of the tallies
a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener's palsy. — Wharton (Law. Dict.)
Writer to the signet
See under Signet.