单词 | originator |
释义 | originatorn. A person who or thing which originates something; an initiator, creator. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > one who originates sower1380 originalc1390 beginnerc1400 authrix?a1475 mother1560 grandmother1569 seedster1589 father-in-law1650 originator1818 originatress1840 incubator1864 originant1892 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy IV. iii. 140 An author, an inventor, or an originator. 1860 J. Clare in Evening Standard 30 Oct. 3/5 I am the originator of placing timber between..the internal metal and fastening and the external armour-plating. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 34 A progressive movement in culture spreads, and becomes independent of the fate of its originators. 1920 Burlington Mag. Oct. 195/1 Thomas Chippendale is usually credited with being the originator of the ribbon-back chair. 2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. iii. 74 He..is generally regarded as the originator of that approach to studying the microstructure of rocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818 |
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