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A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghost
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
spookskrywer
— professional writer for another person
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Catalan:
negre literari
— professional writer for another person
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Catalan:
negre
— professional writer for another person
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Chinese Mandarin:
捉刀手
(zhuōdāoshǒu)
— professional writer for another person
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Chinese Mandarin:
代筆者 /代笔者
(dàibǐ zhě)
— professional writer for another person
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Chinese Mandarin:
槍手 /枪手
(qiāngshǒu)
— professional writer for another person
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Danish:
neger
— professional writer for another person
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Esperanto:
fantoma verkisto
— professional writer for another person
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Esperanto:
kaŝita verkisto
— professional writer for another person
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Finnish:
haamukirjoittaja
— professional writer for another person
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French:
prête-plume
— professional writer for another person
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French:
nègre littéraire
— professional writer for another person
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French:
nègre
— professional writer for another person
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French:
écrivain fantôme
— professional writer for another person
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German:
Ghostwriter
— professional writer for another person
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German:
Phantomschreiber
— professional writer for another person
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Hungarian:
szellemíró
— professional writer for another person
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Hungarian:
néger
— professional writer for another person
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Italian:
ghostwriter
— professional writer for another person
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Italian:
scrittore ombra
— professional writer for another person
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Italian:
scrittore fantasma
— professional writer for another person
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Italian:
negro letterario
— professional writer for another person
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Japanese:
ゴーストライター
(gōsutoraitā)
— professional writer for another person
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Japanese:
代作者
(daisakusha)
— professional writer for another person
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Korean:
대작자
(daejakja)
— professional writer for another person
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Malay:
penulis siluman
— professional writer for another person
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Polish:
ghostwriter
— professional writer for another person
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Polish:
murzyn
— professional writer for another person
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Portuguese:
ghostwriter
— professional writer for another person
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Romanian:
negru literar
— professional writer for another person
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Romanian:
scriitor fantomă
— professional writer for another person
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Russian:
литерату́рный негр
(literatúrnyj negr)
— professional writer for another person
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Russian:
негр
(negr)
— professional writer for another person
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Russian:
гостра́йтер
(gostrájter)
— professional writer for another person
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Serbo-Croatian:
pisac iz sjene
— professional writer for another person
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Spanish:
negro
— professional writer for another person
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Spanish:
escritor fantasma
— professional writer for another person
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Swedish:
spökskrivare
— professional writer for another person
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Turkish:
gölge yazar
— professional writer for another person
