creator

[ kree-ey-ter ]

/ kriˈeɪ tər /

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noun

a person or thing that creates.

the Creator, God.

Nearby words

creative, creative commons, creative imagination, creative tension, creativity, creator, creatural, creature, creature comfort, creature comforts, creature feature

Origin of creator

1250–1300; Middle English creato(u)r < Latin creātor, equivalent to creā(re) to create, be the home of, bear + -tor -tor

Related formscre·a·tor·ship, noun

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Examples from the Web for creator

Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The creator Armando Iannucci adapted the concept for an American audience in Veep.
Doctor Who: It’s Time For a Black, Asian, or Woman Doctor|Nico Hines|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Creator Takeuchi has described the handsome, older (than Sailor Moon) boy as her favorite character in the series.
‘Sailor Moon’ Is an Oasis for Superheroes Who Can Save the Universe in Heels|Rich Goldstein|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Creator Rod Serling was compelled by the need “not to just entertain but to enlighten.”
How a War-Weary Vet Created ‘The Twilight Zone’|Rich Goldstein|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The protagonist is the creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, born in 1893.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He kidnaps a man endowed by his Creator with the unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The Trial of Theodore Parker|Theodore Parker
It cannot be that the Creator is inferior to the creature in virtues which the creature derives from Him alone.
Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics|William Thomas Thornton
And he who hath to be a creator in good and evil—verily, he hath first to be a destroyer, and break values in pieces.
Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche
Through them we learn to yield submissively to the great laws of the Creator, as established in the material world.
The Young Man's Guide|William A. Alcott
The creator has put into the work his soul, the best of all he thought and knew.
Lest We Forget|John Gilbert Thompson

British Dictionary definitions for creator (1 of 2)

creator

/ (kriːˈeɪtə) /

noun

a person or thing that creates; originator

Derived Formscreatorship, nouncreatress or creatrix, fem n

British Dictionary definitions for creator (2 of 2)

Creator

/ (kriːˈeɪtə) /

noun

the Creator an epithet of God

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Word Origin and History for creator

creator

c.1300, "Supreme Being," from Anglo-French creatour, Old French creator (12c., academic and liturgical, alongside popular creere, Modern French créateur), from Latin creator "creator, author, founder," from creatus (see create). Translated in Old English as scieppend (from verb scieppan; see shape (v.)). Not generally capitalized until KJV. General meaning "one who creates" is from 1570s.

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