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

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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

Singular:

author

Plural:

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.

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