innovator

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See also: Innovator and innovatör

English

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Etymology

From Late Latin innovātor, from innovō;[1] equivalent to innovate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnəˌveɪtəɹ/

Noun

innovator (plural innovators)

  1. 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.
  2. (marketing) An early adopter.

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “innovator”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

Verb

innovātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of innovō