creator
noun
a person or thing that creates.
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creator
American
[kree-ay-ter]
/ kriˈeɪ tər /
Creator
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British
/ kriːˈeɪtə /
noun
creator
2
British
/ kriːˈeɪtə /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of creator
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English creato(u)r, creatur(e), from Anglo-French creator, creature, Old French creatur, criator, from Latin creātor, equivalent to creā(re) create + -tor -tor
Explanation
A person who invents, produces, or makes things is called a creator. If you are an author, you are the creator of the characters in your books. The noun creator is from the Latin word creare, which means "to make or bring forth." When it is spelled with an upper-case c, Creator refers to God, and when spelled with a lowercase c, it is anyone who invents or makes something. If you are the creator of these fabulous cupcakes, I'm going to need the recipe. The creator of the latest toy craze is in town and you can hear him speak about the history of toys from the yoyo to modern gaming systems.
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Meghnad S., a 36-year-old content creator, is on a mission that resembles a crowd-sourced rescue service.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
According to Art of Play, it had explained to Clarkson that Molly was not for sale but “a nearly identical automaton is owned by the creator of the machines.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Lim, a travel content creator, has spent decades accumulating the kits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
A Welsh content creator has shared how his girlfriend Honey Ross, daughter of TV presenter Jonathan Ross, is learning Welsh.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
They seized on this partly because it enabled them to introduce into philosophy a creator God unknown to Aristotle and Ptolemy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Singer Solange and rapper Tyler The Creator attended the show, seated not far from Bottega Veneta's ambassadors -- actors Julianne Moore and Jacob Elordi.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The preteen Elsesser fatefully introduced Kgositsile to Tyler, the Creator, which resulted in the classic lineup of Odd Future that became a phenomenon in the early 2010s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
I watched a bunch of Fairground’s AI Creator TV output over this past week to see what “high-quality entertainment” it had to offer.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Creator Rick Polizzi — known to many for his 1996-2012 role as a producer of “The Simpsons” — announced on social media Monday that Boney Island is coming to an end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In Choctaw lore, for example, the Creator breathed life into not one but many primeval pairs of human beings scattered all over the earth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
In a report last month, it surveyed nearly 200 creators, clinical providers, health brands, charities, and educators - 96% of whom said they had experienced restrictions in some form.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Mediawan has built a global, independent studio by putting creators first. That has always been my vision for Hello Sunshine," said Witherspoon.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
He said the purpose wasn't "to do the same stuff with fewer people" but to give developers the tools to build "more" and "better stuff", something he called "empowering" for creators.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Yet something told him to say yes when the creators of the sitcom “Taxi” wanted him to do a guest shot as a wedding officiant during the show’s first season in 1978.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Crumbling stone dwellings of the long-vanished Kayenta Anasazi, the creators of this rock art, nestle in protective nooks.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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