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noun (n)

• someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  subscriber
  

  source: wordnet30
• a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book(noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.(noun)

  source: webster1913