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abstracter, abstractor
one who makes abstracts or summarizes information
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alliterator
a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
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authoress
a woman author
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biographer
someone who writes an account of a person's life
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coauthor, joint author
a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
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commentator, reviewer
a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
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compiler
a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
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contributor
a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
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cyberpunk
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
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drafter
a writer of a draft
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dramatist, playwright
someone who writes plays
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essayist, litterateur
a writer of literary works
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folk writer
a writer of folktales
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framer
someone who writes a new law or plan
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gagman, gagster, gagwriter
someone who writes comic material for public performers
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ghost, ghostwriter
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
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Gothic romancer
a writer of Gothic romances
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hack, hack writer, literary hack
a mediocre and disdained writer
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journalist
a writer for newspapers and magazines
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librettist
author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
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lyricist, lyrist
a person who writes the words for songs
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novelist
one who writes novels
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pamphleteer
a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
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paragrapher
a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)
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poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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polemic, polemicist, polemist
a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
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poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier
a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
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scenarist
a writer of screenplays
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scriptwriter
someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
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space writer
a writer paid by the area of the copy
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speechwriter
a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver
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tragedian
a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
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wordmonger
a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning
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word-painter
a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power
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wordsmith
a fluent and prolific writer
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autobiographer
someone who writes their own biography
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bard
a lyric poet
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broadcast journalist
a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television
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columnist, editorialist
a journalist who writes editorials
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correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
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elegist
the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
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encyclopaedist, encyclopedist
a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
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folk poet
a folk writer who composes in verse
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gazetteer
a journalist who writes for a gazette
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hagiographer, hagiographist, hagiologist
the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
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lexicographer, lexicologist
a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
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odist
a poet who writes odes
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photojournalist
a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs
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poetess
a woman poet
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poet laureate
the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain
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poet laureate
a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region
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film writer, screenwriter
someone who writes screenplays
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penman, scribbler, scribe
informal terms for journalists
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sob sister
a journalist who specializes in sentimental stories
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sonneteer
a poet who writes sonnets
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sports writer, sportswriter
a journalist who writes about sports