technical writer

plural technical writers

1. One who does technical writing.

   Sarah is a technical writer. She writes assembly manuals for ready-to-assemble furniture.

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   […]in communicating information, the responsibility lies with the sender. The sender in this system is the technical writer. The life of a technical writer is a veritable nightmare. The technical writer is required to convert an everchanglng data base into a technical manual in a single format. Direction is provided through a legal document known as a specification, which is typically embellished by a company style guide.

   1976, Thomas G. Sticht, Reading and Readability Research in the Armed Services, page 253