author
Noun · VerbUS/ˈɔθɚ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)authors
- writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)Synonyms: writerType of communicatorKinds poet, dramatist, novelist, lyricist, journalist, gagster, contributor, tragedian, Gothic romancer, folk writer +25 moreExamples Rousseau, Voltaire, Melville, James, Kipling, Thoreau, Borges, Aragon, Munro, Huxley +310 more
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something“he was the generator of several complaints”Synonyms: generatorsourceType of maker, shaperKinds coiner
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Au′thor (a̤′thẽr), noun
Origin: OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See Auction, noun
1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
Eternal King; thee, Author of all being.— John Milton
2. One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.— Dr. Samuel Johnson
3. The editor of a periodical. obsolete
4. An informant. archaic Geoffrey Chaucer
Au′thor (a̤′thẽr), transitive verb
1. To occasion; to originate. obsolete
Such an overthrow... I have authored.— George Chapman
2. To tell; to say; to declare. obsolete
More of him I dare not author.— Philip Massinger
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54