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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Innovator

Innovator \In"no*va`tor\, n. [Cf. F. innovateur.] One who innovates.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
innovator

1590s, from Late Latin innovator, agent noun from innovare (see innovate).\n

Wiktionary
innovator

alt. Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas. n. Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.

WordNet
innovator

n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art [syn: pioneer, trailblazer, groundbreaker]

Usage examples of "innovator".

Nevertheless, technological breakthroughs that do end up shaping our social practices can produce huge payoffs, both to the innovator and to society.

A salesman who succeeds in selling refrigerators to Eskimos to prevent food from freezing would be as much of an innovator as if he had developed brand-new processes or invented a new product.

And when those efforts begin to produce results, the innovator has to be ready to mobilize resources massively.

The innovator has to run even harder now that he has leadership than he ran before and to continue his innovative efforts on a very large scale.

Indeed, there is usually more demand for it than the original innovator can easily supply.

Of course, the original innovator may do it right the first time, thus closing the door to creative imitation.

There is the risk of an innovator bringing out and doing the right job with vitamins as Hoffmann-LaRoche did, or with nylon as did Du Pont.

The first innovator who fully understood this third caveat was probably Thomas Edison.

And an innovator in financial areas, Citibank in New York, for instance, is unlikely to embark on innovations in retailing or health care.

A well-known and successful innovator and entrepreneur who had built a process-based innovation into a substantial worldwide business in the space of twenty-five years was then asked to comment.

By common consent, Berlioz was the greatest orchestral innovator in history.

As print encyclopaedias went, it was a daring innovator and a pioneer of hyperlinked-like textual design.

You introduce people to innovation and technological trends - but do you have any hands on experience as an innovator or a trendsetter?

But I knew that White Castle was an innovator in the food industry, so I decided to look into it further, with an article in mind.

Already known as a pioneer and innovator in the food business, Ingram sought to maintain a distinctive leadership position in the hamburger marketplace.