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   writer

   /ˈrʌɪtə/

   noun

   • 1. a person who has written something or who writes in a particular way: "the writer of the letter"
   • ▪ a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job or occupation: "Dickens was a prolific writer"
   • 2. a device that writes data to a storage medium: "a CD writer"
   • 3. a scribe. historical
   • ▪ a clerk, especially in the navy or in government offices. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishwrītere (see write).

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • W

     4

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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