AUTHOR, AUTHORSHIP
ADJECTIVES
1611 — FATHERLESS without a known author; anonymous → obs.
1775 — ONYMOUS of an author: that gives his name; of a writing: bearing the name of the author; the opposite of ‘anonymous’
1821 — AUCTORIAL pert. to an author
NOUNS
1532 — GOOD LETTERS authorship; book-learning, letters; the profession of literature → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1000 — BOOKER a writer of books → obs.
1460 — SAYAR an author or narrator; a poetical writer; a poet → Sc.
1563 — FACTOR an author of a literary work → obs.
1596 — PAPER-STAINER an inferior author or clerk; an author of small repute → humorous usage
1598 — NEOTERIC a modern author or writer
1618 — BOOKMAN an author or publisher; a literary man
1653 — GARRETEER an impecunious author or literary hack
1692 — KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author; a writer; a journalist → colloq.
1760 — QUILL-DRIVER an author or clerk or author → chiefly contemptuous usage
1771 — AUTHORLING a petty author; an insignificant writer
1772 — WRITRIX an authoress; a female writer → obs.
1791 — POLYGRAPHER a writer of many works; a prolific author
1799 — POLYGRAPH a writer of many or various works; a prolific author; a writer on many subjects
1823 — HERO OF THE QUILL a distinguished author → sl.
1860 — CACKLE-MERCHANT a dramatic author; the author of a play → obs. theatrical usage
1863 — ORTHOR an author → Amer. dial.
1881 — WRITERLING an author of the baser sort → (Bk.)
1888 — INK-SLINGER an author or journalist → sl.
1891 — POLYGRAPHIST a writer of many works; a prolific author
1892 — INKSPILLER an author or journalist → sl.
1894 — INK-WASTER an author or journalist → sl.
1895 — HEDGE-WRITER a mean or poor author or writer → obs. (Bk.)
1915 — ARTHUR an author → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1387 — BETRAVAIL to be the author of, to write, to compose a book → obs.
1920 — GRUB-STAKE to give an author money to keep him going while he writes a book → publishers’ usage
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