transferred. One who spreads abroad or disseminates something, esp. what is obnoxious or objectionable; a promoter or propagator of discord…

The thing or person from which something springs or is derived; a source, cause; an originator, creator. Obsolete.

One who begins; an originator, founder.

A woman who is the cause or instigator of something; a (female) source or origin.

A quality, institution, place, etc., that produces, protects, nurtures, or sustains people, ideas, etc. A city, country, institution, etc., from…

figurative. A person or thing from which another person or thing is ultimately derived; (also) the original and outstanding example of something.

A sower of seed; (figurative) a disseminator, an originator.

The father of one's spouse. Also figurative.

A person who or thing which originates something; an initiator, creator.

A female originator.

figurative and transferred. A breeder, author, source.

A source or cause; an originating agent or influence. rare.