Definition of "byline" []

• A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name. (noun)
• To publish (a newspaper or magazine article) under a byline. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The term byline is derived from the verb byl (it was), and etymologically signifies the recital of that which happened in times gone by."
• "For me, the byline is the most satisfactory aspect of the writing life."
• "Another reason many ghost writers are not on the byline is because of contractual agreements."