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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-ven-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɛn tər |
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Définition of inventor
Origin :- c.1500, "a discoverer," from Latin inventor (fem. inventrix) "contriver, author, discoverer," agent noun from past participle stem of invenire (see invention). Meaning "one who contrives or produces a new thing or process" is from 1550s.
- noun discoverer
- He rose to influence as a Commissary-general, then retired from the army and became an inventor.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Further endeavours also led to disappointments; but in the end the inventor was successful.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- He was engaged by the company, and henceforth his career as an inventor was secure.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- All of them spoke in the highest terms of the inventor and the man.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- The inventor spoke into his instrument, 'Do you understand what I say?'
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- His originality as an inventor has indeed been called in question, like that of Watt and Stephenson.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Petty was a most indefatigable contriver, inventor, and organizer of industry.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- It is said that the inventor applied his apparatus to a small locomotive.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 » by Various
- But the plans and notes of the inventor were there and I studied 'em well.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- But he expressly acknowledges Goodyear to be the first inventor.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
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