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innovator

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in·no·vate  (n-vt)
v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates
v.tr.
To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time.
v.intr.
To begin or introduce something new.

[French innover, from Old French, from Latin innovre, innovt-, to renew : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + novre, to make new (from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots).]

inno·vator n.
inno·va·tory (-v-tôr, -tr) adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.innovatorinnovator - someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
conceiver, mastermind, originator - someone who creates new things

innovator
noun modernizer, introducer, inventor, changer, transformer He is an innovator in this field.
Translations
innovator [ˈɪnəʊveɪtəʳ] Ninnovador(a) m/f
innovator [ˈɪnəveɪtər] nnovateur/trice m/f
innovator
nNeuerer m, → Neuerin f; (of reform)Begründer(in) m(f)
innovator [ˈɪnəʊˌveɪtəʳ] ninnovatore/trice
innovator [ˈɪnəʊˌveɪtəʳ] ninnovatore/trice


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Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.
Many-sidedness was almost essential as a pretext for the Innovators.
Regarding themselves as Middlemarch institutions, they were ready to combine against all innovators, and against non-professionals given to interference.
 
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