creator
noun
a person or thing that creates.
creator
American
[kree-ay-ter]
/ kriˈeɪ tər /
Creator
1
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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Chipotle’s latest tie-in with a creator is a bowl with Twitch streamer Pokimane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Dr. Randal Haworth was among the specialists creator Nely Galán recruited in 2003.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
The degrees by the likes of Nottingham Trent and Arizona State come as the content creator economy booms on both sides of the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
When Holly Mendel, the creator of the show, put the cast together, she wanted to construct an ensemble that could play together based on who they were offstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Leo Espinosa is the creator of our show,” Scruffy informed Fred.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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
Creator and showrunner Katie Dippold began writing the series more than 10 years ago, inspired by her trips as a youth to the Jersey Shore and quaint New England seaside towns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Creator Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-nominated postapocalyptic sci-fi series “Pluribus” focuses on a dozen or so people who somehow held onto their autonomy and did not join the rest of humanity as a collective, single-minded pod.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
“O Eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind, Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting life: Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and this woman...”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a “Voting Squad” made up of popular content creators to try to encourage young people to get to the polls.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
What these ecstatic works signify—and whether they depict angels or demons, predators or prey, creators or destroyers—remains elusive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Against that dystopian backdrop, goofball mechanical athletes may be doing something far more valuable for their creators than outpacing our greatest sporting achievements: They’re making machines relatable.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Rocket’s creators should “give a younger actor a shot at it, right?” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Halliday had coded the planet himself, and he’d named it after Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons and the author of the original Tomb of Horrors module.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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