inventor
n. countable B1 Intermediate US //ˌɪnˈvɛntɝ// UK //ɪnvˈɛntɐ// in·ven·tor
n. a person who creates or designs something new for the first time. You use this for people who build new machines, tools, or systems.
n. a person who creates, designs, or devises a new device, process, or method that did not exist previously.
The inventor showed his new machine to the public.
The young inventor spent years in her garage building a robot that could clean windows automatically.
History often remembers the primary inventor of a technology, even though most breakthroughs result from the collaborative efforts of many different researchers over several decades.
Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.