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originator|ɒˈrɪdʒɪneɪtə(r)| [agent-n. in L. form from originate v.] One who (or that which) originates something; an initiator, beginner, creator, author.
1818Lady Morgan Fl. Macarthy IV. iii. 140 An author, an inventor, or an originator. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 34 A progressive movement in culture spreads, and becomes independent of the fate of its originators. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) I. vii. 253 He is an interpreter, not an originator of thought. So oˈrigiˌnatress, a female originator.
1860W. Whitman Broadway Fragm. iv. 6 The Originatress comes, The land of Paradise..the nest of birth. |