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- Latin · borrowed fromscrīptor
- English todayscriptor
From Latin scrīptor, to avoid the etymological link between author and authority.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scriptor
Today it means: A writer, regarded as producing a work but not as providing its explanation (which is instead determined by the reader), according to the theories of Roland Barthes. Full definition →
Latin scrīptor