technical writer

English

Noun

technical writer (plural technical writers)

1. One who does technical writing.

   Sarah is a technical writer. She writes assembly manuals for ready-to-assemble furniture.

   • 1976, Thomas G. Sticht, Reading and Readability Research in the Armed Services, page 253:

     […] in communicating information, the responsibility lies with the sender. The sender in this system is the technical writer. The life of a technical writer is a veritable nightmare. The technical writer is required to convert an everchanglng data base into a technical manual in a single format. Direction is provided through a legal document known as a specification, which is typically embellished by a company style guide.