ghostwriter
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to…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.
» Tom is a ghostwriter.
Том — литературный негр.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
Ghostwriter, Phantomschreiber
литерату́рный негрliteratúrnyj negr, негрnegr, гостра́йтерgostrájter
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Examples
3 sentencesTom is a ghostwriter.
ruТом — литературный негр. — odexed
A ghostwriter is an author who writes for someone that, in practice, only supplies his signature.
deEin Ghostwriter ist ein Autor, der für jemanden schreibt, der praktisch nur seine Unterschrift leistet. — Tamy
He's a ghostwriter.
ruОн литературный негр. — sharptoothed
deEr ist Phantomschreiber. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From ghost + writer.From ghost + writer.
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Forms
plural: ghostwritersSynonyms
1 synonyms- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else:ghost