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English
Etymology
From Late Latin innovātor, from innovō;[1] equivalent to innovate + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
innovator (plural innovators)
- Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
2011 July 4, Simon Reynolds, “Is Björk the last great pop innovator?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Competition gets thinner still when it comes to the 00s: Animal Collective and Joanna Newsom do one thing very well, Gaga and MIA are aggregators not innovators. Björk is peerless.
- (marketing) An early adopter.
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Latin
Verb
innovātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of innovō