American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)

inventor 1

noundomain: person

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

someone who is the first to think of or make something

Synonyms

discoverer 1
someone who is the first to think of or make something
artificer 1
someone who is the first to think of or make something

Derivationally related form

invent 1

verb

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

Hyponym

patentee 1

noun

the inventor to whom a patent is issued

Instance_Hyponym

Bell 8

noun

United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

Bessemer 1

noun

British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)

Browning 1

noun

United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

Burroughs 2

noun

United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)

Bushnell 1

noun

American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)