Hypertext Webster Gateway: "originator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Originator \O*rig"i*na`tor\, n.
One who originates.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
originator
n : someone who creates new things [syn: {conceiver}, {mastermind}]
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