cowriter

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noun

Someone who writes something together with one or more other people.

OriginEnglish writer ← Middle English writer ← Old English wrītere →
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Meanings

nouncowriter (plural cowriters)

plural cowriters · alternative co-writer

  1. Someone who writes something together with one or more other people.

    Joining her will be […] and Catherine MacKinnon, […] cowriter of the controversial and ultimately unconstitutional (if you believe the Seventh District Court of Appeals) Indianapolis antipornography statute.

    1988 January 22, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wreyd-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*wrītaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*wrītan
  11. Old Englishwrītan
  12. Old Englishwrītere
  13. Middle Englishwriter
  14. Englishwriter
  15. Englishcowriter

From co- + writer.

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Cite this entry
APA

cowriter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowriter

MLA

“cowriter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowriter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowriter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowriter.

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