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schrijver — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • author noun A person who writes a book, article, or other original work.
  • scribe noun A person employed to write or copy documents by hand, especially historically.
  • scrivener noun A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
  • writer noun A person who writes, especially as their profession, such as an author or journalist.

Senses

schrijver is used for these senses in English:

  • author The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
  • scribe Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
  • scrivener A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
  • writer A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

author — full definition

  1. noun A person who writes a book, article, or other original work.
  2. verb To write or create a piece of work.

scribe — full definition

  1. noun A person employed to write or copy documents by hand, especially historically.
  2. noun A journalist or professional writer.
  3. verb To write, mark, or engrave something.

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