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
Report, in most things superfluous, in many things altogether an inventress, hath been but too modest in the delivery of John's true stories.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Mary Lamb
Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.
From Thoughts on Art and Life by Leonardo da Vinci
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
But Chaldaea stands forth as the great parent and original inventress of Asiatic civilization, without any rival that can reasonably dispute her claims.
