Writer

Definition of Writer

Writ´er
n.1.
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) 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.

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