de ‧ vel ‧ op ‧ er /dɪˈveləpə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ developer , ↑ development , ↑ redevelopment ; verb : ↑ develop , ↑ redevelop ; adjective : ↑ developed ≠ ↑ undeveloped , ↑ developing ]
1 . [countable] a person or company that makes money by buying land and then building houses, factories etc on it:
a Florida property developer
2 . [countable] a person or an organization that works on a new idea, product etc to make it successful:
software developers
3 . [uncountable and countable] a chemical substance used for making images appear on film or photographic paper
⇨ late developer at ↑ late 1 (7)