inventorin‧ven‧tor /ɪnˈventə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 
- Franklin was a scientist, an inventor, and a statesman.
- Marconi was the inventor of radio.
- The patent lists six inventors who worked on the system.
someone who invents something► inventor someone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things, especially machines: · Franklin was a scientist, an inventor, and a statesman.· Marconi was the inventor of radio.· The patent lists six inventors who worked on the system.
► creator the writer, artist, or designer who first produced a well-known story, character, fashion etc: creator of: · Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse· Diaghilev is considered by many to be the creator of the first modern dance company.
► originator the person who first invented something, especially an idea: originator of: · Stokely Carmichael was probably the originator of the term "black power."· Alberti was the originator of the violin's design even though Stradivari made it famous.
► the father of something the man who first invented a new way of thinking or a new area of study, or who first tried new methods, practices etc: · Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was born in 1856.· Lowe was the real father of modern computing and a very important figure in IBM's ranks.
ADJECTIVE► great· But the great inventor was not at a loss.· He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible.· Every great inventor or scientist has had to unlearn conventional wisdom in order to proceed with his work.
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