Usually means: Creator or initiator of something new.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word originator:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. originator: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. originator: Merriam-Webster
  3. originator: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. originator: Collins English Dictionary
  5. originator: Vocabulary.com
  6. Originator, originator: Wordnik
  7. originator: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. originator: Wiktionary
  9. originator: Dictionary.com
  10. originator: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Originator: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. originator: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. originator: Rhymezone
  14. Originator: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. originator: FreeDictionary.org
  16. originator: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. originator: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. originator: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Originator: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  5. The Originator, originator: Legal dictionary
  6. The Originator, originator: Financial dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. originator: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. originator: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Originator: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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noun:  Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

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