单词 | ghostwriter |
释义 | ghostwritern. Originally U.S. A person who writes an article, book, etc., for another person, under whose name it is then published. Cf. ghost n. 12. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > hack hack writer1711 garreteer1720 hack authora1734 hack1798 truckster1843 hodman1849 ghost1881 devil1888 deviller1893 ghostwriter1908 1908 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 23 July (City ed.) 4/5 There are a dozen or so known, catalogued and labeled ‘ghost’ writers in town. Few of them have ever seen their names in print. 1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl 77 I told you I was one of them there ghost writers doing my bit for belle lettres. 1991 Dillons News Sept. 21/4 It is episodic rather than a seamless life story, and it is clearly written from the heart without the aid of the usual ghostwriter. 2010 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 20/3 At least half the titles in the best-selling non-fiction charts are penned by ghostwriters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908 |
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