1. (n.) One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

2. (n.) One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.

3. (n.) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

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