ghostwriter

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From ghost +‎ writer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ghostwriter (plural ghostwriters)

  1. A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
    Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
    • 2021 April 13, Cady Lang, “How Celebrity Memoirs Got So Good”, in Time‎:
      Ghostwriters, typically the faceless forces behind many books by famous non-writers, are now becoming more visible, with celebrities openly teaming up with high-profile professionals.

Descendants

Translations

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ghostwriter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔwstˈraj.tɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ajtɛr
  • Syllabification: ghost‧wri‧ter

Noun

ghostwriter m pers (female equivalent ghostwriterka)

  1. ghostwriter (professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity)
    Synonym: murzyn

Declension

Declension of ghostwriter
singular plural
nominative ghostwriter ghostwriterzy/ghostwritery (deprecative)
genitive ghostwritera ghostwriterów
dative ghostwriterowi ghostwriterom
accusative ghostwritera ghostwriterów
instrumental ghostwriterem ghostwriterami
locative ghostwriterze ghostwriterach
vocative ghostwriterze ghostwriterzy

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ghostwriter.

Noun

ghostwriter m or f by sense (plural ghostwriters)

  1. ghostwriter (professional writer for another person)
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