author
/ˈɔθɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Noun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
Verb
be the author of; "She authored this play"
More Specific Terms
abstracter
abstractor
alliterator
authoress
biographer
coauthor
co-author
coiner
commentator
compiler
contributor
cyberpunk
drafter
dramatist
essayist
folk writer
framer
gagman
gagster
gagwriter
ghost
ghostwrite
ghostwriter
Gothic romancer
hack
hack writer
joint author
journalist
librettist
literary hack
litterateur
lyricist
lyrist
novelist
pamphleteer
paragrapher
playwright
poet
poetiser
poetizer
polemic
polemicist
polemist
reviewer
rhymer
rhymester
scenarist
scriptwriter
space writer
speechwriter
tragedian
versifier
wordmonger
word-painter
wordsmith