author

noun/ˈɔθər/

Frequency rank: #908 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A person who writes a book, article, or other text.

Illustration for the English word “author”

Example sentence

The author of this famous novel is Jane Austen.

Synonyms & related words

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