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innovator|ˈɪnəʊveɪtə(r)|
Also 7 -er.
[a. late L. innovātor (Gloss. Cyril.), agent-n. from innovā-re to innovate. Cf. F. innovateur (1529 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
One who innovates; an introducer of novelties or new methods; † a revolutionist.
1598Florio, Innouatore, an innouator [1611 innouater], alterer, disturber or changer. 1607Shakes. Cor. iii. i. 175 My Selfe Attach thee as a Traitorous Innouator: A Foe to' th' publike Weale. 1625Bacon Ess., Innovations (Arb.) 526 He that will not apply New Remedies, must expect New Euils: For Time is the greatest Innouatour. 1681E. Sclater Serm. Putney (ed. 2) 18 Moses was a Tyrant, and Aaron an Innovator. 1768Boswell Corsica (ed. 2) 337 Of modern infidels and innovatours, he said ‘Sir, these are all vain men’. 1882G. Matheson in Expositor Aug. 137 He was no innovator on the national faith.
†b. A changer or alterer of (a thing) by innovation. Obs.
1638Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II) 202 There is no longer any..safety for innovatours of our Language. a1716South Serm. (J.), Innovators of divine worship. |