originator

3 definitions found

originator - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Originator \O*rig"i*na`tor\, n.
     One who originates.
     [1913 Webster]

originator - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  originator
      n 1: someone who creates new things [syn: originator,
           conceiver, mastermind]

originator - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "originator":
     agent, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author,
     begetter, beginner, builder, catalyst, causer, conceiver,
     constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer,
     effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father,
     founder, generator, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator,
     inspirer, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman,
     maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, mover,
     organizer, original, parent, past master, patriarch, planner,
     precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, producer, raiser, realizer,
     shaper, sire, smith, wright