Definition of Ghostwriter

1. Noun. A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else.

Exact synonyms: Ghost
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Derivative terms: Ghost, Ghostwrite

Definition of Ghostwriter

1. Noun. A professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, or reports which are officially credited to another person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ghostwriter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghostwriter

ghostings
ghostless
ghostlier
ghostliest
ghostlike
ghostlily
ghostliness
ghostlinesses
ghostly
ghostologies
ghostology
ghosts
ghostship
ghostships
ghostwrite
ghostwriter (current term)
ghostwriters
ghostwrites
ghostwriting
ghostwritten
ghostwrote
ghosty
ghoti
ghoul
ghoul hand
ghoulie
ghoulies
ghoulish
ghoulishly
ghoulishness

Literary usage of Ghostwriter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Expertise in Design: Design Thinking Rresearh Symposium 6 by Yusuf Pisan, Nigel Cross, Ernest A. Edmonds (2003)
"The ghostwriter system [7,8] is an immersive 3D environment in which ... It also explains why ghostwriter implements only a single story scenario that users ..."

2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... was spending Iranian money in Nicaragua.294 When North returned from Geneva, he briefly acted, at Hakim's suggestion, as a ghostwriter for Rafsanjani. ..."

3. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2006)
"She lives in Cape Town and continues to work as a freelance columnist, editor, producer, ghostwriter and translator. ..."

4. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"Lewis was supposed to write it, but he had died just three months before in Tennessee, and Clark needed a ghostwriter to take over. ..."

5. How to Make the Most of a Flying Saucer Experience by Professor Solomon (1998)
"In her introduction to Inside the Space Ships, Charlotte Blodget (its ghostwriter) admits that the book will elicit "incredulity in varying degrees. ..."

6. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark V-3 of 3 by Robert A Saindon (2003)
"Lewis was supposed to write it, but he had died just three months before in Tennessee, and Clark needed a ghostwriter to take over. ..."

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