Meanings
nounoriginator (plural originators)
plural originators
- Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
Another perfume was known as nicerotiana, named after its originator Nicerotas.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 1801 more example
These relay stations are actually special-purpose email servers. They are used to relay spam from the spam's originator so that the originator cannot be traced.
2004, Jeff Duntemann, Degunking Your Email, Spam, and Viruses, page 209
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian автор, създател
- автор (avtor)someone who originates
- създател (săzdatel)someone who originates
- основоположник (osnovopoložnik)someone who originates
Czech původce
- původcesomeone who originates
Danish ophavsmand
- ophavsmandsomeone who originates
French demandeur, expéditeur
- demandeursomeone who originates
- expéditeursomeone who originates
German Verursacher, Urheber
- Verursachersomeone who originates
- Urhebersomeone who originates
Hindi संस्थापक, संस्थापिका
- संस्थापक (sansthāpak)someone who originates
- संस्थापिका (sansthāpikā)someone who originates
- प्रवर्तक (pravartak)someone who originates
Irish tionscnóir, údar
- tionscnóirsomeone who originates
- údarsomeone who originates
Latin repertor
- repertorsomeone who originates
Norwegian Bokmål opphavsperson
- opphavspersonsomeone who originates
Polish autor, autorka
- autorsomeone who originates
- autorkasomeone who originates
Romanian promotor, inițiator
- promotorsomeone who originates
- inițiatorsomeone who originates
Russian состави́тель, а́втор
- состави́тель (sostavítelʹ)someone who originates
- а́втор (ávtor)someone who originates
Swedish upphovsmakare, upphovsman
- upphovsmakaresomeone who originates
- upphovsmansomeone who originates
Cite this entry
APA
originator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/originator
MLA
“originator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/originator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “originator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/originator.
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