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author::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | writer |
| Type of | communicator |
| Has types | dramatist, contributor, joint author, poet, poetiser, poetizer, polemic, polemicist, polemist, abstractor, space writer, librettist, speechwriter, tragedian, literary hack, litterateur, gothic romancer, framer, alliterator, commentator, cyberpunk, journalist, compiler, versifier, scenarist, pamphleteer, paragrapher, scriptwriter, essayist, word-painter, wordmonger, wordsmith, ghost, lyricist, lyrist, rhymer, reviewer, ghostwriter, rhymester, abstracter, authoress, gagman, gagster, hack, hack writer, gagwriter, biographer, coauthor, folk writer, playwright, drafter, novelist |
| Derivation | authorship, auctorial, authorial |
Examples of author
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Guessing the gender of an unknown author became part of the pleasure of reading.
From the newsweek.com
Mr. Jillette confesses that he doesn't know much about the author, Greg Gutfeld.
From the washingtontimes.com
That conclusion won't surprise most experts, said lead study author Tom Parsons.
From the post-gazette.com
Veronica Robbins is a veteran grant writer and evaluator and a published author.
From the sfgate.com
Unfortunately, the author never really manages to get Bogart himself into focus.
From the sacbee.com
This environment also attracts aggressive tinkering foreigners like this author.
From the forbes.com
The author, who served in the Air Force for 15 years, tracks down who they were.
From the sacbee.com
John Mariotti is an internationally known executive and an award-winning author.
From the forbes.com
My favorite woman writer is Laura Hillebrand, author of Seabiscuit and Unbroken.
From the forbes.com
- Be the author of; "She authored this play"
- Writer: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- Generator: someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
- An author (sometimes, in reference to a woman author, authress or authoress) is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.
- An author is the creator of a piece of music. The sole fact of creating a sequence of notes, even if they are not written on paper, might give someone the title of author of a melody, chords sequence or arrangement. See composer.
- In zoological nomenclature, author citation refers to listing the person (or team) who first makes a scientific name of a taxon available. ...
- (Authors (card game)) Authors or, The Game of Authors is a card game for three to five players. The first Game of Authors was published by G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith of Salem, Massachusetts in 1861, and later published by Parker Brothers (also, at the time, of Salem, Massachusetts) in 1897. ...
- The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; this sense?) A source of information; To create a work as its author; (said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!
- (AUTHORS) book collections organized by author
