ghost writer

ghost writ·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohst rahy-ter]
- /goʊst ˈraɪ tər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohst rahy-ter]
- /goʊst ˈraɪ tər/

Definitions of ghost writer words

noun ghost writer a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author. 1
noun ghost writer author who writes for sb else 1
countable noun ghost writer A ghost writer is someone who writes a book or other published work instead of the person who is named as the author. 0
noun ghost writer a person who ghostwrites 0

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Origin of ghost writer

First appearance:

before 1895

One of the 18% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1895-1900

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Parts of speech for Ghost writer

noun

adjective

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adverb

pronoun

preposition

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determiner

exclamation

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ghost writer popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for ghost writer

noun ghost writer

ghost — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
surrogate — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.

All 2 Synonyms of ghost writer