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in·ven·tor 
[in-ven-ter] Pronunciation Key
[in-ven-ter] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a person who invents, esp. one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions. |
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| in·vent
(ĭn-věnt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·vent·ed, in·vent·ing, in·vents
[Latin invenīre, invent-, to find : in-, on, upon; see in-2 + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.] in·vent'i·ble adj., in·ven'tor n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| inventor | |
noun | |
| someone who is the first to think of or make something |
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Inventor
In*vent"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. inventeur.] One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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