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inventor
[ in-ven-ter ]
noun
- a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
inventor
/ ɪnˈvɛntə /
noun
- a person who invents, esp as a profession
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Derived Forms
- inˈventress, noun:feminine
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
At his best, he was an inventor of part of the modern cinema's grammar.
As described by its inventor, there is an Honest team and a Mafia team that compete against each other.
Here, I thought for years my father had been a cook, but apparently he was an inventor.
Yet this brilliant inventor, who revolutionized modern technological society, refused the recommended surgical procedure.
I just read an interview with Roger Linn, the inventor of the Linn Drum.
He was also the inventor of "Poikilorgue," an expressive organ, which was the origin of the harmonium.
Probably even to-day the majority would name Walter Map as the populariser, if not the inventor, of the Grail legend.
The inventor claimed that the "American Transplanter" could do the work of several men and do it equally well.
He was the inventor of Exchequer Bills; and they were popularly called Montague's notes.
One who merely utilizes the ideas of others is not an original inventor and is not entitled to a patent.
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