developern.
/dᵻˈvɛləpə/, U.S. /dəˈvɛləpər/ 1. A person or thing that develops something (in various senses of the verb).
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society > communication > manifestation > [noun] > one who or that which manifests
openerOE
showerc1400
manifesterc1429
representor1553
outsettera1578
manifestator1609
displayer1611
representer1635
manifesteress1662
developer1772
exhibitant1846
elicitor1848
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > one who or that which
developer1772
advancer1833
get-on1867
progressor1874
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > by bringing out what is potential > one who
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1772 J. Duncombe Lett. Several Eminent Persons Deceased I. 230 (note) A late excellent developer of the human heart.
1784 Morning Chron. 27 Mar. Time, that great developer of imposition.
1796 J. Gardner Brief Consideration Mr. Adams for Presidency of U.S. ii. 8 Our enemies saw in him the developer of their darkest schemes.
1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 98 A developer of the Adoration of the Host from the unestablished doctrine of Transubstantiation.
1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 85 Developers of a certain set of theories about gods, men, and nature.
1870 Indianapolis Jrnl. 14 Feb. 4/4 The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway has become the mammoth auxiliary of the Pennsylvania Central, and is one of the greatest developers of Indiana.
1894 Chicago Advance 4 Jan. The home is the great developer of individuality and character.
1927 N. Wainwright tr. ‘M. Dekobra’ Madonna of Sleeping Cars xiv. 187 There are no great men except the inventors and the developers of science.
1989 EAPA Exchange Oct. 66/1 The swirling gusts of higher business altitudes summon a CEO's capabilities as motivator, developer of staff talent, and charismatic leader.
2006 D. M. Gerstein Leading at Speed of Light iii. 65 This sort of flexibility must be incorporated into training..so that the organization and subordinate leaders have the same degree of comfort as the developer of the plan.
2. Photography.
a. A chemical agent used to develop photographs.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > chemicals > [noun] > developer
developer1855
paraphenylenediamine1873
rodinal1892
glycin1893
amidol1894
Adurol1898
soup1929
acutance developer1961
1855 T. F. Hardwich Man. Photogr. Chem. i. iv. 36 A good idea of the surprising difference in the length of exposure required when a developer is used, may be obtained by a reference to some experiments conducted by M. Claudet.
1890 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (ed. 6) 20 The chemical agents which are utilized in order to allow the development of the latent image to take place..are technically called developers.
1960 Industr. Photogr. May 72/2 A new, fine grain, high acutance developer..has been announced by Eastman Kodak Co.
2004 G. Saxby Pract. Hologr. (ed. 3) v. 62 To prevent the developer from attacking unexposed crystals..it is usual to add a restrainer.
b. A person who develops photographs, esp. as a profession.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > processors
bromide printer1885
enlarger1886
developer1899
gum-worker1908
printer1966
1899 Daily News 28 Apr. 5/2 We had two men on the train—our regular developer and his assistant.
1970 Chicago Daily Defender 26 Feb. 4/3 He was also a photographer and developer for the Air Force.
2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 i. 23 When I got the photos back..either the developer had mixed in the shots I had taken of Emily bathing the dog with the ‘before’ shots from a Charles Atlas advertisement, or I was very fat.
3. A person who develops land or property; a speculative builder. Cf. property developer n. at property n. Compounds 1.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of houses > speculative
developer1863
speculative builder1868
field ranger1876
private developer1911
land developer1961
1863 W. N. Lees Tea Cultiv. iii. 251 Without a knowledge of what constitutes a valid right, how shall a developer select his land—how shall a collector satisfactorily decide disputes?
1890 G. Beken House of Lords (Taxation Ground-values) LSE Sel. Pamphlets 9 Are not the bulk of Londoners, therefore, under some obligation to the original developers of the town?
1938 N. L. North Real Estate Selling xvii. 257 The result was no sales, defaulted contracts, ‘busted’ developers.
1971 M. Russell Deadline ix. 103 A developer who was..putting in a bid for the airfield with a view of erecting..a shopping precinct.
2004 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 20 Oct. 12 a Environmental damage and the raping of public lands by greedy developers have increased.
4. A piece of exercise equipment for increasing the strength or size of a person's muscles, often in a specified part of the body.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > equipment
developer1870
exerciser1889
1870 Jrnl. of Council St. Louis 4 Mar. 10 To regulate, tax or suppress..horoscopic views, lung testers, muscle developers, magnifying glasses, billiard tables, or any other exhibitions.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 17 Jan. 4/2 With regard to the use of grip dumb-bells and the developer, they are not intended for the abnormal development of any one muscle.
1971 Woman 13 Mar. 45 (advt.) The world's most successful bustline developer.
2003 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 June 2 The state is prepared to support investment in a new machine tool but not in the latest upper-body muscle developer.
5. With modifying adjective: a person who or (occasionally) animal which develops or matures at a specified rate or stage of life.late developer: see late adj.1 Compounds 4.
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the world > people > person > late or slow developer > [noun]
developer1887
slow burner1952
sprouter1952
1887 S. Butler Luck, or Cunning i. 4 A slow-growing animal being in general longer lived than a quick developer.
1911 Aberdeen Daily Jrnl. 10 Nov. 6/3 He has been, admittedly, a slow developer, but it may be recalled that his father did not become a Minister of the Crown until he was 44.
1936 A. Thirkell August Folly vi. 166 He is one of those late developers, trying to himself and to others.
1942 F. J. Schonell Backwardness in Basic Subj. iii. 53 They subscribe to the doctrine that dull children are frequently slow developers.
1998 R. Ray Certain Age 31 We had baths together, and she was a really early developer.
2012 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 98 Mark Loane and Dallas O'Neill had both captained Queensland by the age of 21 but neither of those fast developers ever held the reins at club level as early as Browning.
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a. A person, organization, etc., that develops (develop v. 8b) a new product or technology.
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1905 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 302 Our chairman, the reinventor and the leading developer of the spectroheliograph.
1946 Washington Post 10 Jan. 14 (headline) A-bomb developer, 10 other officers listed for promotion.
1972 Pop. Sci. Mar. 56/2 One of the leading developers of air bags for cars of the future.
1997 Sound & Vision Feb. 21/1 Dolby is also the developer of the new digital surround system usually known as AC-3, but now officially called Dolby Digital.
2004 M. W. Sinz in Applic. of Pharmacokinetic Princ. in Drug Devel. 113 In June of 1998, the developers of mibefradil withdrew the drug from the market as a result of its potential to cause serious drug interactions.
b. A person or organization that writes or creates computer programs, software, websites, etc. Frequently with modifying word.
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1961 Phoenix (Arizona) Republic 23 Apr. a16 Roderick D. McIver, program developer for the GE computer group will be host.
1976 Information Syst. Resource Center for Local Govt. (National Acad. Sci.–National Res. Council) 9 The centre staff should cooperate with the private sector—the manufacturers of computers and the developers of software.
1989 J. Gosling et al. NeWS Bk. iii. 28 The user interface had a multiple desktop scheme that was eventually abandoned, after the developers decided that icons were a much better idea.
1996 Computing Canada 18 July 11 I asked the typical question: ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ I was expecting responses like graphic designer, computer games developer or something similarly creative.
2005 Jrnl. Business Ethics 62 163/1 The recording industry has been battling music piracy, primarily by going after software and website developers, as well as consumers, in the courts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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