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inventor
noun
1 inventor
Someone who is the first to think of or make something.
synonyms: artificer, discoverer.
Roget 164:
producer,
originator,
inventor,
author,
founder,
generator,
mover,
architect,
creator,
prime mover;
maker
etc.
(agent)
690;
prime mover.
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Dutch: uitvinder
Polish: inwentor, wynalazca
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