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means A person who writes the words and music for songs, usually combining lyrics with melody and chord structure.

from A plain compound of 'song' (from Old English 'sang,' rooted in the ancient Germanic verb for singing) and 'writer' — someone who writes. The word itself has no dramatic twist; it's a workmanlike label for a trade that, oddly, is older than the modern music industry that made it a job title. 'Songwriter' as a distinct profession only became common usage once publishing and recording created a market for songs separate from the performers who sang them — before that, the writer and the singer were often assumed to be the same person.