Definition of "writer" in English

noun

1. A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

   • Has your girlfriend written you another letter already? She’s quite a writer!
   • I met some of my favourite authors at the writers' convention.
   • the present writer (referring to oneself as the writer)

2. Anything that writes or produces output.

3. (finance) The seller of an option.

4. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

5. (Scotland) An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.

6. (US) A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.

7. (slang) A graffiti artist.