writer

(rī'tər)
n.
One who writes, especially as an occupation.

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Definition: person who composes with language
Antonyms: reader

IN BRIEF: A person who composes stories, poems or articles.

Ernest Hemingway is my favorite writer.

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• Literary Characters and Practitioners - writer: person engaged in composing books, articles, and other literary works as an occupation or profession; author; journalist

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forfatter, skribent, digter, skriver

idioms:

• writer's block    skriveblokering

Nederlands (Dutch)
schrijver

Français (French)
n. - écrivain, auteur (d'une lettre)

idioms:

• writer's block    angoisse de la page blanche

Deutsch (German)
n. - Autor, Schriftsteller, Verfasser

idioms:

• writer's block    zeitweiliger Mangel an schriftstellerischen Ideen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συγγραφέας, συντάκτης (δημοσιογραφικής ύλης)

idioms:

• writer's block    έλλειψη έμπνευσης, στράγγισμα

Italiano (Italian)
scrittore

idioms:

• writer's block    silenzio della musa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escritor (m)

idioms:

• writer's block    bloqueio psicológico de escritor (m)

Русский (Russian)
писатель, автор, клерк, юрист, стряпчий

idioms:

• writer's block    период творческого застоя

Español (Spanish)
n. - escritor, autor

idioms:

• writer's block    bloqueo mental del escritor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - författare, skrivare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
作家, 撰稿者, 记者

idioms:

• writer's block    使作家无法进行写作的作者心理阻滞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 作家, 撰稿者, 記者

idioms:

• writer's block    使作家無法進行寫作的作者心理阻滯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 저자, 서기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 作家, 記者, 書く人, 筆者, 作者, 著者

idioms:

• sports writer    スポーツライター

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الكاتب, المؤلف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כותב, סופר, מחבר, לבלר‬

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