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writer
noun
[ ˈrʌɪtə ]
• a person who has written something or who writes in a particular way.
• "the writer of the letter"
• a device that writes data to a storage medium.
• "a CD writer"
• a scribe.
Origin:
Old English wrītere (see write).
Phrases
writer's block
• the condition of being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with writing.
"the novelist recovered from a two-year bout with writer's block"
writer's cramp
• pain or stiffness in the hand caused by excessive writing.
"muscular disorders including tennis elbow and writer's cramp"