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Definitions for Author

[1] a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
[2] the literary production or productions of a writer: to find a passage in an author.
[3] the maker of anything; creator; originator: the author of a new tax plan.
[4] Computers . the writer of a software program, especially a hypertext or multimedia application.
[5] to write; be the author of: He authored a history of the Civil War.
[6] to originate; create a design for: She authored a new system for teaching chemistry.
[7] a person who composes a book, article, or other written work Related adjective: auctorial
[8] a person who writes books as a profession; writer
[9] the writings of such a person reviewing a postwar author
[10] an originator or creator the author of this plan
[11] to write or originate

Words related to Author

producer, creator, writer, columnist, journalist, composer, poet, reporter, biographer, ghost, originator, playwright, scribe, scribbler, wordsmith, essayist, scripter

Words nearby Author

authentical, authenticate, authenticator, authenticity, authigenic, author, author catalog, author's alteration, authoress, authoring, authoritarian

Origin of Author

1250–1300; earlier auct(h)or < Latin auctor writer, progenitor, equivalent to aug(ēre ) to increase, augment + -tor -tor; replacing Middle English auto(u)r < Anglo-French, for Old French autor < Latin, as above

Other words from Author

au·tho·ri·al [aw-thawr -ee-uh  l, aw-thohr -] /ɔˈθɔr i əl, ɔˈθoʊr-/ , adjective
au·thor·less , adjective
mul·ti·au·thored , adjective
pro·au·thor , adjective

Word origin for Author

C14: from Old French autor, from Latin auctor author, from augēre to increase

Synonyms for Author

biographer, columnist, composer, creator, journalist, poet, producer, reporter, writer, essayist, ghost, ghostwriter, originator, playwright, scribbler, scribe, wordsmith, ink slinger, prose writer, scripter, word slinger, work-for-hire