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initiator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun initiator has 1 sense
- initiator(n = noun.person) instigator - a person who initiates a course of action; Array is a kind of leader
has particulars: aggressor
Derived form verb initiate2
THESAURUS
initiator
ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father, founder, generator, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, organizer, originator, past master, planner, precursor, prime mover, producer, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, wright
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