inventor

Or in·vent·er

[in-ven-ter]

noun

1. a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.

inventor

/ ɪnˈvɛntə /

noun

1. a person who invents, esp as a profession

Other Word Forms

• inventress noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inventor¹

From Latin, dating back to 1500–10; invent, -tor

Example Sentences

On Boxing Day, an edit by Sir James - the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner - will consider how the UK could boost its entrepreneurial spirit.

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He also learned early at Amazon the importance of focus for an organization, especially when his inventor mind was busy churning out new ideas.

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And yet its inventor would only get to see a portion of the royalties after selling off some of the rights prematurely.

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Christie's said Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal in 1642.

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The Turtle was built by David Bushnell, an American inventor.

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