author | |
1. n. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition. | |
The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author. | |
2. n. (with definite article: "the author") I, me. used in academic articles instead of a first-person pronoun. | |
Have you read any Corinthian authors? | |
3. n. Someone who writes books for a living. | |
4. n. (obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant. | |
5. v. (chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author. | |