copyrighter UK /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪtə/US /ˈkɑːpiˌɹaɪtɚ/ noun1 •One who obtains the copyright on a work.No part of this document may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database without the prior written permission of the copyrighters. — 2004 formscopyrighters