creatorn.

Brit.

/krɪˈeɪtə/, U.S.

/kriˈeɪdər/

Forms: Middle English ceatour (transmission error), Middle English creatore, Middle English creatur, Middle English–1500s creatoure, Middle English–1500s creature, Middle English–1600s creatour, Middle English– creator, late Middle English criatour, late Middle English criature, late Middle English cryator, late Middle English cryatur; Scottish pre-1700 creatore, pre-1700 creatour, pre-1700 creatoure, pre-1700 creatur, pre-1700 creature, pre-1700 1700s– creator.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French creator.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman creator, creature, criator, Anglo-Norman and Old French creatur, Anglo-Norman and Middle French creatour, Middle French createur (French créateur ) creator (12th cent.; in early use almost always with reference to God) < classical Latin creātor person who begets, father, being who created (the world), founder (of a city), person who appoints (an official) < creāt- , past participial stem of creāre create v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Catalan creador (14th cent.), Spanish creador (13th cent.), Portuguese criador (13th cent.), Italian creatore (13th cent.).The French word shows a borrowing < Latin. The regularly developed form in Old French was criere . The usual word in Old English (in sense 1) is scieppend sheppend n.

1. The divine agent which creates all things from nothing; (frequently with capital initial) God.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > creator

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artificer?1555

re-creator1587

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enlivener1663

God almighty1787

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 174 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 111 (MED) Heo bad him þane wei gon..For-to serui is creatour.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1119 Þar-wit com our creature [Fairf. creatour] For to spek wit þat traiture.

c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 49 The creatour of euery creature.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxv. 133 God, my swete creatour.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxii. 436 Prayse be to our lorde god my creature.

a1564 Q. Kennedy Breif Tracteit in 2 Eucharistic Tracts (1964) 131 Our hevinlie father, creator, and redemptor.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xl. 28 The Creatour of the ends of the earth.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 486 Him by fraud I have seduc'd From his Creator .

1725 J. Wesley Let. 28 May (1931) I. 16 What are become of all the innocent comforts and pleasures of life, if it is the intent of our Creator that we should never taste them?

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man 47 By considering man in this light, and by instructing him to consider himself in this light, it places him in a close connection with all his duties, whether to his Creator, or the creation, of which he is a part.

1821 P. B. Shelley Sonn. to Byron 6 The mind which..Marks your creations rise as fast and fair As perfect worlds at the Creator's will.

1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 4 Human nature, as its Creator made it.

1905 W. H. Mallock in 19th Cent. Sept. 497 The devil had mimicked the art of the Creator.

1991 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 3/3 New theories on the origin of the universe are likely to cause controversy by ruling out the need for a Creator.

a. A person who or thing which creates or brings something into existence.In quots. 1548 and 1579 playing on sense 1, with reference to a priest making Christ present through transubstantiation. [In phrase creator of his creator after post-classical Latin creator creatoris sui (13th cent.)]

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator

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society > law > rule of law > [noun] > bringing into legal existence > one who

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1548 R. Crowley Confut. Mishapen Aunswer sig. F.vi^v A priest is hier then kinges, more happy then angels, and the creatoure of his creatoure.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 154 We haue learned of their owne writers..that a Priest is..the creator of his creator.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. i. sig. D3^v Translated thus, from a poore creature to a creator; for now must I create an intolerable sort of lies.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 Since it thus appeares that custome was the creator of Prelaty.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. vii. 35 Winchester was not the first that..professed such universal Obedience to his Creator the Pope.

1717 A. Bruce Inst. Mil. Law ii. 93 [The prætorian Guards] became a Terror to the Senate, and pernicious to their Creators themselves, many of whom they put to Death.

1796 R. Bage Hermsprong II. xxii. 202 The family of Chestrum is indeed new, the late Sir Peter being the creator of his own fortune.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 516 If the creator of the use had a fee-simple in the land.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. xiv. 350 Just as little as the Voltaic battery is the animal body a creator of force.

1903 W. B. Yeats Let. 10 Oct. (1994) III. 440 Literature is, to my mind, the great teaching power of the world, the ultimate creator of all values.

1989 Brit. Jrnl. Aesthetics 29 63 Like the artist or the composer, he is a creator, and like any creator, may rebel against what rules and constraints he does not acquiesce in.

2007 Neo Apr. 36/1 Ken Akamatsu, creator of fan-favourite manga and anime Love Hina.

b. A person who represents a dramatic character or role for the first time. See create v. 2d, creation n. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part > creator of rôle

creator1865

creatress1892

1865 Times 4 Feb. 9/3 Mr. Walter Lacey..as the ‘King Hal’ of the Princess's, may be almost considered the creator of the part on the modern stage.

1872 Gentleman's Mag. June 715 Her representation had always this want of dramatic propriety for those who had witnessed the original creator of the part.

1938 Times 12 Jan. 12/4 He was also successful as an actor, and was the creator of the character Dan in Rutherford Mayne's The Drone.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 June e1 Dolly..has been played by innumerable actresses since..1964. But for the Tony-winning creator of the role..it became a trademark vehicle.

c. A person who designs a costume, etc. See create v. 2e, creation n. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > design > designer

fashioner1631

modiste1802

couturière1818

modist1852

creator1901

fashion-designer1909

1901 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 3/1 Everything seemed so absolutely simple, and yet so absolutely impossible to any other creator.

2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 104/1 Designer Paco Rabanne is the avant-garde creator of 60s ‘metal’ couture and two of the most successful fragrances ever.

Compounds

Appositive, as creator-God, creator-hero, etc.

ΚΠ

1610 C. Lever Holy Pilgrime i. iv. 45 He was Steward, and superintendent Lord ouer all: his end, the glory and seruice of his creator God.

1701 T. Bennet Confut. Popery ii. xiii. 204 Our Adversaries will not believe of our Holy Apostle, because they think it Idolatrous to pray to a Creature in the very same manner as to the Creator God.

1813 J. Hargrave Let. 28 Feb. in Halcyon Luminary Mar. 157 This grand and Heavenly idea of the Creator-God.

1846 A. J. W. Morrison tr. H. Ritter Hist. Anc. Philos. IV. xii. vii. 515 He is but the Father of the Creator deity.

1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe iii. 110 That other object is the ‘God’ of common people in their religion, and the creator-God of orthodox Christian theology.

1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma (1996) xi. 310 The creator-hero Aiyagomahala tells the men on the coast that they should venture inland.

2008 Ecologist July–Aug. 88/2 This plant counts as incontrovertible proof of the existence of a benevolent creator-being.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	creator
释义	creatorn. Brit. /krɪˈeɪtə/, U.S. /kriˈeɪdər/ Forms: Middle English ceatour (transmission error), Middle English creatore, Middle English creatur, Middle English–1500s creatoure, Middle English–1500s creature, Middle English–1600s creatour, Middle English– creator, late Middle English criatour, late Middle English criature, late Middle English cryator, late Middle English cryatur; Scottish pre-1700 creatore, pre-1700 creatour, pre-1700 creatoure, pre-1700 creatur, pre-1700 creature, pre-1700 1700s– creator. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French creator. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman creator, creature, criator, Anglo-Norman and Old French creatur, Anglo-Norman and Middle French creatour, Middle French createur (French créateur ) creator (12th cent.; in early use almost always with reference to God) < classical Latin creātor person who begets, father, being who created (the world), founder (of a city), person who appoints (an official) < creāt- , past participial stem of creāre create v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Catalan creador (14th cent.), Spanish creador (13th cent.), Portuguese criador (13th cent.), Italian creatore (13th cent.).The French word shows a borrowing < Latin. The regularly developed form in Old French was criere . The usual word in Old English (in sense 1) is scieppend sheppend n. 1. The divine agent which creates all things from nothing; (frequently with capital initial) God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > creator wrightc888 lightOE sheppendOE sheppera1175 wroughtc1275 creatorc1300 shaper1303 maker1340 workera1382 authora1413 workman1440 workmaster1531 artificer?1555 re-creator1587 architector1639 architect1659 enlivener1663 God almighty1787 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 174 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 111 (MED) Heo bad him þane wei gon..For-to serui is creatour. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1119 Þar-wit com our creature [Fairf. creatour] For to spek wit þat traiture. c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 49 The creatour of euery creature. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxv. 133 God, my swete creatour. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxii. 436 Prayse be to our lorde god my creature. a1564 Q. Kennedy Breif Tracteit in 2 Eucharistic Tracts (1964) 131 Our hevinlie father, creator, and redemptor. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xl. 28 The Creatour of the ends of the earth. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 486 Him by fraud I have seduc'd From his Creator . View more context for this quotation 1725 J. Wesley Let. 28 May (1931) I. 16 What are become of all the innocent comforts and pleasures of life, if it is the intent of our Creator that we should never taste them? 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man 47 By considering man in this light, and by instructing him to consider himself in this light, it places him in a close connection with all his duties, whether to his Creator, or the creation, of which he is a part. 1821 P. B. Shelley Sonn. to Byron 6 The mind which..Marks your creations rise as fast and fair As perfect worlds at the Creator's will. 1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 4 Human nature, as its Creator made it. 1905 W. H. Mallock in 19th Cent. Sept. 497 The devil had mimicked the art of the Creator. 1991 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 3/3 New theories on the origin of the universe are likely to cause controversy by ruling out the need for a Creator. 2. a. A person who or thing which creates or brings something into existence.In quots. 1548 and 1579 playing on sense 1, with reference to a priest making Christ present through transubstantiation. [In phrase creator of his creator after post-classical Latin creator creatoris sui (13th cent.)] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator forgerc1380 authora1382 feigner1382 formerc1386 founderc1390 makera1450 plasmatoura1500 constitutor1531 framer1534 creator1548 fashioner1548 opificer1548 essentiator1561 creatress1590 effecter1591 compactor1593 moulder1594 creatrix1595 mouldress1599 effector1635 composer1644 plastic1644 opifex1649 fabricator1650 formator1656 efformer1662 essentializer1669 constituenta1676 crafter1907 society > law > rule of law > [noun] > bringing into legal existence > one who creator1804 1548 R. Crowley Confut. Mishapen Aunswer sig. F.vi^v A priest is hier then kinges, more happy then angels, and the creatoure of his creatoure. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 154 We haue learned of their owne writers..that a Priest is..the creator of his creator. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. i. sig. D3^v Translated thus, from a poore creature to a creator; for now must I create an intolerable sort of lies. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 Since it thus appeares that custome was the creator of Prelaty. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. vii. 35 Winchester was not the first that..professed such universal Obedience to his Creator the Pope. 1717 A. Bruce Inst. Mil. Law ii. 93 [The prætorian Guards] became a Terror to the Senate, and pernicious to their Creators themselves, many of whom they put to Death. 1796 R. Bage Hermsprong II. xxii. 202 The family of Chestrum is indeed new, the late Sir Peter being the creator of his own fortune. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 516 If the creator of the use had a fee-simple in the land. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. xiv. 350 Just as little as the Voltaic battery is the animal body a creator of force. 1903 W. B. Yeats Let. 10 Oct. (1994) III. 440 Literature is, to my mind, the great teaching power of the world, the ultimate creator of all values. 1989 Brit. Jrnl. Aesthetics 29 63 Like the artist or the composer, he is a creator, and like any creator, may rebel against what rules and constraints he does not acquiesce in. 2007 Neo Apr. 36/1 Ken Akamatsu, creator of fan-favourite manga and anime Love Hina. b. A person who represents a dramatic character or role for the first time. See create v. 2d, creation n. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part > creator of rôle creator1865 creatress1892 1865 Times 4 Feb. 9/3 Mr. Walter Lacey..as the ‘King Hal’ of the Princess's, may be almost considered the creator of the part on the modern stage. 1872 Gentleman's Mag. June 715 Her representation had always this want of dramatic propriety for those who had witnessed the original creator of the part. 1938 Times 12 Jan. 12/4 He was also successful as an actor, and was the creator of the character Dan in Rutherford Mayne's The Drone. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 June e1 Dolly..has been played by innumerable actresses since..1964. But for the Tony-winning creator of the role..it became a trademark vehicle. c. A person who designs a costume, etc. See create v. 2e, creation n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > design > designer fashioner1631 modiste1802 couturière1818 modist1852 creator1901 fashion-designer1909 1901 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 3/1 Everything seemed so absolutely simple, and yet so absolutely impossible to any other creator. 2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 104/1 Designer Paco Rabanne is the avant-garde creator of 60s ‘metal’ couture and two of the most successful fragrances ever. Compounds Appositive, as creator-God, creator-hero, etc. ΚΠ 1610 C. Lever Holy Pilgrime i. iv. 45 He was Steward, and superintendent Lord ouer all: his end, the glory and seruice of his creator God. 1701 T. Bennet Confut. Popery ii. xiii. 204 Our Adversaries will not believe of our Holy Apostle, because they think it Idolatrous to pray to a Creature in the very same manner as to the Creator God. 1813 J. Hargrave Let. 28 Feb. in Halcyon Luminary Mar. 157 This grand and Heavenly idea of the Creator-God. 1846 A. J. W. Morrison tr. H. Ritter Hist. Anc. Philos. IV. xii. vii. 515 He is but the Father of the Creator deity. 1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe iii. 110 That other object is the ‘God’ of common people in their religion, and the creator-God of orthodox Christian theology. 1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma (1996) xi. 310 The creator-hero Aiyagomahala tells the men on the coast that they should venture inland. 2008 Ecologist July–Aug. 88/2 This plant counts as incontrovertible proof of the existence of a benevolent creator-being. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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