писатель

Муж. writer, author, pen, penman; scribe шутл.; мн. literati лат. быть писателем — drive a quill, drive a pen, write for a living писатель-юморист — comic writer античные писатели — the ancients м. writer, author, man* of letters; ~ница ж. writer, authoress; ~ский: ~кий труд writing, the work of a writer; ~ский талант talent for writing.