writer

One who writes, especially as an occupation.

A person who understands or practises the art of writing; one who is able to write; a penman.

One who does writing as a business; a professional scribe, scrivener, or amanuensis: used specifically in England of clerks to the former East India Company, and of temporary copying clerks in government offices; in Scotland, loosely, of law agents, solicitors, attorneys, etc., and sometimes of their principal clerks.

A person who writes what he composes in his mind; the author of a written paper or of writings; an author in general; a literary producer of any kind: as, the writer of a letter; a writer of history or of fiction.

One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author.

A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener’s palsy.