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initiator
/ ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪtə /
noun
- a person or thing that initiates
- chem a substance that starts a chain reaction
- chem an explosive used in detonators
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Derived Forms
- inˈitiˌatress, noun:feminine
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Example Sentences
But still the likeness came out, and the future chancellor could in no way aspire to be an initiator.
And in this respect he was again an initiator in Florentine art.
As the initiator and inspirer of the expedition, Kane was the natural head of it, but there were difficulties in the way.
But for all his incalculable indebtednesses, Wagner is the great initiator, the compeller of the modern period.
Paris-Commune again resumed her part as the capital of France, again became the national initiator.
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