(~s)
An ~ is a person who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things.
...Alexander Graham Bell, the ~ of the telephone.
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(~s)
An ~ is a person who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things.
...Alexander Graham Bell, the ~ of the telephone.
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012