Definition of Writir
Writ"er (?), n. [AS.
wrītere.]
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. Shak.
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.
Writer of the tallies (Eng. Law), an officer of
the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt,
and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of
tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. Wharton (Law.
Dict.) -- Writer's cramp, palsy, or
spasm (Med.), 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. --
Writer to the signet. See under
Signet.
Writ"er (?), n. [AS.
wrītere.]
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. Shak.
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.
Writer of the tallies (Eng. Law), an officer of
the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt,
and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of
tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. Wharton (Law.
Dict.) -- Writer's cramp, palsy, or
spasm (Med.), 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. --
Writer to the signet. See under
Signet.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A person who writes; an author.
Has your girl friend written you a letter yet? She's quite a writer!
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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