ghostwrite
To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
Verb
- To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- Mariana would rather not ghostwrite for a living because she finds it a thankless task.
- To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
- The president has someone to ghostwrite his addresses.
- Before I read her book, I wondered if it had been ghostwritten, like many such books. - 2018 April 9, Melanie Thernstrom, “The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad”, in The New York Times Book...
Origin
Back-formation from ghostwriter.
Forms
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