Synonyms for inventor


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
Example sentences :
  • 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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