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单词 writerling
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writerlingn.

Brit. /ˈrʌɪtəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈraɪdərlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: writer n., -ling suffix1.
Etymology: < writer n. + -ling suffix1.
Now rare.
A writer who produces inferior or insignificant works; a minor author. Later chiefly: spec. a young or aspiring writer.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > inferior writer
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1802 W. Taylor Let. 26 July in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 420 Under the name of professors, conservators, lecturers, &c., every writer and writerling of name has a salary from the government and instructs the people.
1820 Monthly Rev. Sept. 60 We are acquainted only with the great writers of old times, but we know the many writerlings of our own.
1895 Southern Mag. Mar. 599/2 That [with Stevenson died the mastery of the English style] seems to be all that the critics and the writerlings have been able to comprehend of..this incomparable and inimitable tale-teller.
1992 A. Plotnik Honk if you're Writer x. 97 Editors..decree which writerlings shall be raised from obscurity and which consigned to the hell of the unpublished.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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