See ghostwriter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine"
],
"word": "murzyn"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ghostwriter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negru literar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scriitor fantomă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "literatúrnyj negr",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "литерату́рный негр"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negr",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "негр"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gostrájter",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "гостра́йтер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pisac iz sjene"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escritor fantasma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spökskrivare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "professional writer for another person",
"word": "gölge yazar"
}
],
"word": "ghostwriter"
}
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