ghostwriter

See also: ghost writer

English

Alternative spellings

ghost writer

Etymology

ghost +‎ writer

Noun

ghostwriter (plural ghostwriters)

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.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.

Translations

professional writer for another person

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 捉刀手 (zhuōdāoshǒu), 代筆者, 代笔者 (dàibǐ zhě)
Danish: neger (da) c
Esperanto: fantoma verkisto
Finnish: haamukirjoittaja (fi)
French: nègre littéraire (fr) m, nègre (fr) m
German: Ghostwriter (de) m, Phantomschreiber m
Italian: ghostwriter m, scrittore ombra m

Japanese: ゴーストライター (ja) (gōsutoraitā), 代作者 (だいさくしゃ, daisakusha)
Korean: 대작자 (daejakja)
Malay: penulis siluman
Polish: murzyn (pl) m (pejorative)
Portuguese: ghostwriter m, f
Romanian: negru literar m, scriitor fantomă m
Russian: литерату́рный негр (ru) m (literatúrnyj negr), негр (ru) m (negr)
Spanish: negro (es) m, escritor fantasma f
Swedish: spökskrivare (sv) c

Portuguese

Noun

ghostwriter m, f (plural ghostwriters)

ghostwriter (professional writer for another person)

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