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noun

a person or thing that creates.
the Creator, God.

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RELATED WORDS

designer, producer, founder, author, architect, maker, originator, generator, sire, brain, deity, initiator, begetter, framer

Nearby words

  1. creative,
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  3. creative imagination,
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  5. creativity,
  6. creatural,
  7. creature,
  8. creature comfort,
  9. creature comforts,
  10. 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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British Dictionary definitions for creator

creator

noun

a person or thing that creates; originator
Derived Formscreatorship, nouncreatress or creatrix, fem n

Creator

noun

the Creator an epithet of God
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for creator

creator

n.

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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper