writer

noun8

1. •
   a person who creates texts for others to read, such as plays, news reports or books

   • Has your girlfriend written you another letter already? She’s quite a writer!
   • I met some of my favourite authors at the writers' convention.
2. •
   (slang) A graffiti artist.

   • Writers were reunited with their crews, none having seen each other since back in the day, since they'd spun from teenage affiliations into lives more burdened and serious. — 2003
3. •
   Anything that writes or produces output.

   • If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called. — 2001
4. •
   A machine or tool used for writing, often by chording keys on a specialized keyboard (e.g. braillewriter, microwriter, stenograph).
5. •
   The seller of an option.
6. •
   (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
7. •
   (Scotland) An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.
8. •
   (US) A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.