EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Synonyms

• a person who writes the words for songs

• a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

• informal terms for journalists

• French playwright (1791-1861)

• someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

• a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut

• score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

• a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)

• writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

• a person who is able to write and has written something

• An unskilled poet.

• English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)

• United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)

• Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)

• United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)

• United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)

• United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)

• United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)