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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 things
Familiarity information: ORIGINATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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