ghostwriter
GOHST-ry-ter/ˈɡoʊstˌɹaɪtɚ/UKGOHST-ry-tuh/ˈɡəʊstˌɹaɪtə/
Pluralghostwriters
- 1A professional writer paid to produce material that is officially credited to someone else, often a celebrity.
Like a session musician who plays on a hit record while someone else's name appears on the cover.
The politician's bestselling autobiography was actually written by a ghostwriter.
She worked for years as a ghostwriter before publishing novels under her own name.
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Origin
Formed from "ghost" plus "writer."