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Definition author in British English

author noun

[countable] noun
/ˈɔːθə(r)/
1

someone who writes books, articles etc, especially as their job

Example

Nobel Prize winning author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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1.1

the person who writes a particular document or other piece of writing

Example

the author of the report

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2

the person who is responsible for something

Example

Wray was the author of his own misfortune.

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Definition author in British English