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inventor

CEFR: A2

A person who designs, creates, or originates a novel device, industrial process, or mechanical apparatus.

Synonyms

originator
innovator
pioneer

Common Collocations

prolific inventor
independent inventor
pioneering inventor

Example Sentence

British inventor Joseph Swan demonstrated the first working incandescent carbon lamp at Newcastle in eighteen seventy-nine.

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