inventor
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinventorin‧ven‧tor /ɪnˈventə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
INVENTsomeone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent thingsExamples from the Corpusinventor• Franklin was a scientist, an inventor, and a statesman.• The patent lists six inventors who worked on the system.• Marconi was the inventor of radio.From Longman Business Dictionaryinventorin‧ven‧tor /ɪnˈventə-ər/ noun [countable] a person who makes or designs something for the first timeJames Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner

