Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inventor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inventor
n : someone who is the first to think of or make something [syn:
{discoverer}, {artificer}]
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