# ghostwriter

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #54,201

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From ghost + writer.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ghostwriter