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Meanings of inventor in English

Russian
изобретатель
Portuguese
inventor
Spanish
inventora
Catalan
inventor
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Person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process.

          Related terms
          изобретатель
          Portuguese
          inventores por nacionalidade
          Catalan
          descobridor
          Spanish
          artífice

          Someone who is the first to think of or make something.

                inventores por nacionalidade
                Usage of inventor in English
                1
                Two more days had passed since Matthew's visit to the inventor's house.
                Mister Slaughter
                2
                They are demanding that the 'Please Call Me' inventor be paid immediately.
                The South African
                3
                The inventor and Washington were the only ones visible in the cabin.
                Through the Air to the North Pole / Or, The Wonderful Cruise of ...
                4
                Invention was in the hands of the inventor, the creator of trade.
                Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884
                5
                A good inventor knows how to disguise these flaws within a presentation.
                Hiding the Elephant
                6
                The inventor finds full field for his talents in the superior state.
                Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
                7
                American author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil believes it will be possible.
                BBC
                8
                There were difficulties still in the way of the inventor, severe ones.
                Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 01 (of 15), America...
                9
                Mr. Good met Greeley once and Mergenthaler, inventor of the linotype machine.
                The new yorker
                10
                The correspondents were pressing about the worried builder and the uneasy inventor.
                The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip / "Making Good" as Young Experts
                11
                Later on, in their stateroom, the contractor remarked to the young inventor:
                Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
                12
                In the meanwhile, the young inventor had been connecting up his apparatus.
                Tom Swift and His Wireless Message; Or, The Castaways of Earthqu...
                13
                In the meantime, the young inventor realized he had an awesome responsibility.
                Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
                14
                Taking the smoke helmet from the exhausted fire-fighter, the young inventor shouted:
                Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from...
                15
                The unfortunate inventor was fined and condemned in costs for his piracy.
                Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland
                16
                So it is with the artist, the musician, the inventor, the architect.
                Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
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                Inventor through the time
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