Definition of "drafter" [drafter]

• One that drafts, especially a person who drafts plans or designs or a person who composes a document. (noun)

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• "He is known as the drafter, and as such he is not allowed by regulation (during this time frame) to send out that same message he drafted."
• "Former peace prize winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Charter 77 co-drafter Vaclav Havel have joined those calling for Liu to get the award."
• "When Harold Brown, 49, was laid off from his job as an interior design drafter in December 2008, he knew that the prospects for reemployment were grim."