originator
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtə/
Audio (GB): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/, [əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪɾɚ]
Audio (Aurora, Colorado): (file)
- (dialectal, US) IPA(key): /ɔˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/, [ɔˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪɾɚ]
- Hyphenation: ori‧gi‧nat‧or
Noun
[edit]originator (plural originators)
- Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
- 2004, Jeff Duntemann, Degunking Your Email, Spam, and Viruses, page 209:
- These relay stations are actually special-purpose email servers. They are used to relay spam from the spam's originator so that the originator cannot be traced.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]someone who originates
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