Author Definition

ôthər
authored, authoring, authors
noun
authors
The writer of a book, article, or other text.
American Heritage
A person who makes or originates something; creator; originator.
author of liberty”
Webster's New World
One who practices writing as a profession.
American Heritage
A writer of a book, article, etc.; often specif., a person whose profession is writing books.
Webster's New World
One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
To write or be the author of (a published text).
American Heritage
To be the author of.
Webster's New World
To write or construct (an electronic document or system).
Authored the company's website.
American Heritage
To write or be the author of (a published text).
American Heritage
To write or construct (an electronic document or system).
Authored the company's website.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Author

Noun

Singular:
author
Plural:
authors

Origin of Author

  • Alteration (influenced by authentic authoritative) (and other technical terms of Greek origin spelled with th) of Middle English auctour, autor from Old French auctur autor from Latin auctor creator from auctus past participle of augēre to create aug- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alteration (influenced by authentic authoritative) (and other technical terms of Greek origin spelled with th) of Middle English auctour, autor from Old French auctur autor from Latin auctor creator from auctus past participle of augēre to create aug- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. This may be from the Middle French spelling autheur.

    From Wiktionary

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