AUTHOR

Definitions

1. 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.
2. 2. One who composes or writers a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. The chief glory every people arises from its authors. Johnson.
3. 3. The editor of a periodical. [Obs.]
4. 4. An informant. [Archaic] Chaucer.