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speechwriter

speechwriter

38 3.5
A person who prepares speeches for politicians or other important people to deliver
  • noun
  • /ˈspiːtʃˌraɪtər/
translation icon : redactor de discursos
  • Did your speechwriters help you with that?
  • speechwriter for the president
  • a former speechwriter
  • a speechwriter and adviser

A year later I joined HSBC as a speechwriter to the CEO and comms advisor.

Examples

  • I am a speechwriter.

    Speechless (1994)

  • In an analysis of the 1980 campaign, for instance, journalist and former speechwriter Jeff Greenfield shattered various myths about election coverage.

    Academic text (2000)

  • I was a speechwriter before.

    Speechless (1994)

  • - They want to hear from our speechwriter.

    Speechless (1994)

  • In the White House, President Fowler's best speechwriter was already working on the first draft of his speech.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Everyone, this is Kevin Vallick, our new speechwriter.

    Speechless (1994)

  • A friend of mine went to grade school with the speechwriter for John Kerry, a former presidential candidate.

    Keanu (2016)

  • A year later I joined HSBC as a speechwriter to the CEO and comms advisor.

    Triggernometry

  • James Fallows, who served as the president's chief speechwriter, concluded that Carter did not have a guiding ideology.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Kevin worked as a speechwriter for several local politicians during the election campaign.

Synonyms

writer
vsspeechwriter
∞ 1.0

A person who creates books, articles, or stories

specializes in composing speeches for others rather than general written work
logographer
vsspeechwriter
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who writes speeches for other people to say

focuses on politicians and public figures rather than legal clients

How Specialized

speechwriter
38 3.5
ghostwriter
10 7.1
writer
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

speechwriter singular
speechwriters plural

Morphology

speechwriter = speech + writer (transparent) = speech + writer

The compound combines two full English words whose meanings directly yield 'a person who writes speeches'.

Etymology

Speechwriter is a simple compound of speech and writer. speech means 'a formal talk' and writer means 'someone who writes', so a speechwriter is a person who writes the words that another person will say.