WRITERS
Noun
writers
plural of writer
Anagrams
• wrister
Source: Wiktionary
WRITER
Writ"er, n. Etym: [AS. writere.]
1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14.
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1.
2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an
author; as, a writer of novels.
This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. Shak.
3. 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. Writer of the tallies (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer
of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and
wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use
of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. Wharton (Law. Dict.)
– Writer's cramp, palsy, or spasm (Med.), 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.
– Writer to the signet. See under Signet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition