"ghostwritten" meaning in English

See ghostwritten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ghostwritten.wav [US]
Etymology: From ghost + written. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ghost|written|text=+|tree=1}} From ghost + written. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ghostwritten (not comparable)
  1. Written by a ghostwriter. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ghostwritten-en-adj-xpdRaOpF Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 48 52

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ghostwritten.wav [US]
Etymology: From ghost + written. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ghost|written|text=+|tree=1}} From ghost + written. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ghostwritten
  1. past participle of ghostwrite Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: ghostwrite
    Sense id: en-ghostwritten-en-verb-n4wqzdz4 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 48 52
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