Inventor
[in-ven-ter] /ɪnˈvɛn tər/
noun
1.
a person who , especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes .
/ɪnˈvɛntə/
noun
1.
a person who invents, esp as a profession
n.
c.1500, “a discoverer,” from Latin inventor (fem. inventrix) “contriver, author, discoverer,” agent noun from past participle stem of invenire (see invention). Meaning “one who contrives or produces a new thing or process” is from 1550s.
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