originate
verb (used without object), o·rig·i·nat·ed, o·rig·i·nat·ing.
verb (used with object), o·rig·i·nat·ed, o·rig·i·nat·ing.
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discoverer, designer, producer, founder, author, father, pioneer, architect, mother, inventor, mastermind, maker, innovator, initiator, begetterExamples from the Web for originator
Contemporary Examples of originator
“Elizabeth Warren is the originator,” he said of the comment that energized Republicans in the 2012 race.
Barghouti, its originator and primary spokesman, is not shy about pointing this out.
Jim had been one of the promoters of the “super-predator” theory, though he was not its originator.
Tricia Romano talks to Margaret Cho and “It Gets Better” originator Dan Savage to try to figure it out.
Historical Examples of originator
Mr. Freese was the originator of the celebrated outline maps.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
The latter is complete—it is the mastery of an originator of style.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
She could hardly say she was the originator and still she had participated.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High SchoolJessie Graham Flower
Were you not the originator of this outrageous plot, Miss Pierson?
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High SchoolJessie Graham Flower
Whatever their value, De Quincey has of course no claim to be an originator.
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)Leslie Stephen