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inventor - 3 dictionary results

in⋅ven⋅tor

[in-ven-ter]
–noun
a person who invents, esp. one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
Also, in⋅vent⋅er.


Origin:
1500–10; < L; see invent, -tor
in·vent   (ĭn-věnt')   
tr.v.   in·vent·ed, in·vent·ing, in·vents
  1. To produce or contrive (something previously unknown) by the use of ingenuity or imagination.
  2. To make up; fabricate: invent a likely excuse.

[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.

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.
Language Translation for : inventor
Spanish: inventor,
German: der, *die Erfinder(in),
Japanese: 発明者
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