inventor
noun
a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
inventress
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a word derived from
inventor.
Example Sentences
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She is said to have been the inventress of hexameters.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
Now, we regard Minerva as the inventress of arts and sciences.
From Politics: A Treatise on Government by William Ellis
Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.
From Thoughts on Art and Life by Leonardo da Vinci
Cecilia: the patron-saint of music, and the reputed inventress of the organ.
From The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
But Chaldaea stands forth as the great parent and original inventress of Asiatic civilization, without any rival that can reasonably dispute her claims.
