The office or position of a writer in the East India Company.

Chiefly in British contexts. The office or position of a clerk or functionary, especially in a government department or the navy; a clerkship. Compare "writer".

A position or role held by a writer or author; (originally) the position of writer at a newspaper or magazine; (later chiefly) a (usually temporary) post held by a writer or author at an academic institution.

The fact of being the writer of a text; the fact of being written by a particular person; authorial origin.

The writers of a particular publication or genre considered collectively and often with reference to their characteristics or qualities.