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inventor

in·ven·tor

UK/ɪnˈvɛntə/ US/ɪnˈvɛntɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

someone who is the first to think of or make something

Origin

Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.

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