3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

originator

noun: someone who creates new things [syn: {conceiver}, {mastermind}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Originator \O*rig"i*na'tor\, noun One who originates.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "originator": agent, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, catalyst, causer, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father, founder, generator, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, inspirer, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, mover, organizer, original, parent, past master, patriarch, planner, precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, producer, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, wright

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