inventor

n.

[L.: cf. F. inventeur.]
One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices, new drugs, new processes, or other useful objects or procedures.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

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noun

One that creates, founds, or originates: architect, author, creator, entrepreneur, father, founder², maker, originator, parent, patriarch. See start/end.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

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Common misspelling(s) of inventor

• inventer

Dansk (Danish)
n. - opfinder

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitvinder, verzinner, inventief persoon

Français (French)
n. - inventeur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erfinder

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εφευρέτης

Italiano (Italian)
inventore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inventor (m)

Русский (Russian)
изобретатель, фантазер

Español (Spanish)
n. - inventor, creador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppfinnare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发明家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 發明家

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발명자, 창출자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 発明者, 発明家

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مخترع, مبتكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ממציא, מגלה‬

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