ghostwriter

noun

Definition of ghostwriternext
as in scribbler

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  1. scribbler
  2. biographer
  3. writer
  4. coauthor
  5. hagiographer
  6. wordsmith
  7. hack
  8. autobiographer
Noun
  • Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.
    Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
Definition of scribbler
Noun
  • Night Flyer, the latest book by Harvard University historian Tiya Miles, seeks to correct this imbalance, building on the work of biographers like Kate Clifford Larson and Catherine Clinton to present a clear-eyed portrait of the abolitionist and activist.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Below, the veteran U.S. biographer recommends five novels and a memoir that he's read this year for pleasure and professional inspiration.
    The Week US, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • Rachel Wells is a Forbes contributor and freelance writer who covers remote and flexible working, freelancing, side hustles, skill development, and AI, for ...
    Rachel Wells, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Boomer created the original series and returns as writer and executive producer.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of writer
Noun
  • His coauthor, Nina Oduro, is a first-time author and long-time champion of both chefs and food from the African diaspora.
    The Bon Appétit and Epicurious Staffs, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The coauthors' clearest conclusion was to call for cuts to burning fossil fuels to reduce overall global warming and lower the likelihood of more severe hot spots emerging.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of coauthor
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
    Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
Definition of hagiographer
Noun
  • She was best known for her outspoken advocacy and her charismatic delivery and was a friend of fellow wordsmiths Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.
    Astrid Kayembe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Benny The Butcher has given Lloyd Banks his flowers, praising the emcee for his lyrical excellence and deeming him as one of the greatest wordsmiths to pick up a mic.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 June 2024
Definition of wordsmith
Noun
  • Krispy Kreme said the hack will probably hurt its bottom line because of a loss of revenue from the disruption to online ordering, paying for cybersecurity experts and the cost to restore its systems.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The background explanation is all well and good but irrelevant because the Sony hack isn’t your ordinary circumstances.
    Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of hack
Noun
  • Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The author of that book, Memoirs 1925-1950, was Kennan himself, as self-critical and personally reflective an autobiographer as his century had seen.
    Nicholas Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2011
Definition of autobiographer
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