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Meaning
Noun
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In Authors, Occupations & People:
The
originator
or
creator
of a work, especially of a
literary
composition.
●
In Occupations & People:
Someone who
writes
books
for a living.
●
In Criminal law, Occupations & People:
Principal; the
primary
participant
in a crime.
●
In Occupations & People:
One's
authority
for something: an informant.
Verb
●
In American English:
To create a work as its author.
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Origin
author
English
autour
Anglo-Norman
autor
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
auctor
Latin
auctus
Latin
augeo
Latin
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Etym
Synonyms
Bookwright
Creator
Artist
Subcreator
Fabulator
Writer
Aucthor
Auctor
Auctour
Authour
Autor
Autour
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Novelist
Narrator
Reviewer
Reader
Editor
Publisher
Researcher
Poet
Journalist
Originator
Book
Historian
Blogger
Scholar
Composer
Playwright
Writers
Speaker
Architect
Novel
User
Owner
Screenwriter
Article
Director
Person
Interviewer
Inventor
Protagonist
Individual
Participant
Interviewee
Founder
Student
Teacher
Respondent
Text
Biography
Story
Investigator
Applicant
Employee
Essayist
Subject
Professor
Reporter
Title
Educator
Audience
Designer
Critic
Learner
Philosopher
Character
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