creator

plural creators · alternative obsolete creatour

1. Something or someone which creates or makes something.

   Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.

2. abbreviationellipsissocial mediaEllipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

   creator economy

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   People have viewed his videos more than 13 billion times. And last year as the pandemic raged, he became the most-subscribed YouTube creator in the country.

   2021 May 4, Taylor Lorenz, “Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   The video shows TikTok creator Harrison Pawluk approaching the woman, Maree, in a public shopping centre.

   2022 July 14, Rafqa Touma, “Melbourne woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent”, in The Guardian

   She wore crimson leggings, a stack of candy-colored beaded necklaces, and a black sweatshirt that read SELF-EMPLOYED because she is a full-time influencer — or “creator,” as it is more polite to say in this part of town.

   2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025

   Her days are spent sending messages to her fans, who pay $30 a month to see her explicit videos and chat to her online; she aims to have sex with another creator (a collaboration) about once a week.

   2025 September 11, Amelia Gentleman, “Boom times and total burnout: three days at Europe’s biggest pornography conference”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

3. capitalizedsometimeslifestyleThe deity that created the world.
4. hobbiesA player who creates opportunities for their team to score goals; a playmaker.

   Hernández is not a creator and suffered from a lack of service in previous seasons.

   2019 July 3, Andrea Canales, Jonathan Tannenwald, “Pulisic, McKennie show plenty of promise for U.S. in Gold Cup”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer

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   There have been times this season when it seemed Liverpool were trying to reinvent Salah, the scorer supreme, as a creator and this was a sudden reminder of his greatest strength.

   2022 October 13, Richard Jolly, “Record-breaker Mohamed Salah delivers timely reminder of his greatest strength ahead of clash with champions”, in Independent.ie

   As such, when Doncic was on the court, Brunson was a secondary facilitator and more of a finisher than a creator.

   2022 October 19, Andre Snellings, “Fantasy basketball: Why Jalen Brunson can be even better in New York”, in ESPN

1. lifestyleA god who created the Universe; God.

   Who changed the trueth of God into a lye, and worshipped and serued the creature more then the Creatour, who is blessed for euer. Amen.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 1:25

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   "Whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator."

   2017 January 20, Elizabeth Williamson, quoting Donald J. Trump, “What We’re Seeing at Trump’s Presidential Inauguration”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2017, Opinion

   “The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes,” he said. “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia (sic) law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. They do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.”

   2025 September 6, Jonathan Turley, quoting Tim Kaine, “Tim Kaine’s Constitutional blasphemy”, in The Hill