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ORIGINATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does originator mean? 

ORIGINATOR (noun)
  The noun ORIGINATOR has 1 sense:

1. someone who creates new thingsplay

  Familiarity information: ORIGINATOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORIGINATOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who creates new things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conceiver; mastermind; originator

Hypernyms ("originator" is a kind of...):

creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "originator"):

beginner; father; founder; founding father (a person who founds or establishes some institution)

groundbreaker; innovator; pioneer; trailblazer (someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art)

mover; proposer ((parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion)

proposer; suggester (someone who advances a suggestion or proposal)

Derivation:

originate (bring into being)


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