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
She is the goddess of speech and eloquence, patroness of the arts and sciences, and inventress of the Sanskrit language.
From Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama by Sir Monier Monier-Williams
Pallas is esteemed the goddess of shepherds and pasture, and is the reputed inventress of corn, and is thought by some to be Ceres or Vesta.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant
Since then, Miss Maggie Knight, the inventress of the machine above mentioned, has found out another; namely for folding paper-bags.
From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Johanna S. Wisthaler
Now, we regard Minerva as the inventress of arts and sciences.
From Politics: A Treatise on Government by William Ellis
