creator
/kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.
Example Sentences
- "Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL."
- "creator economy"
- "People have viewed his videos more than 13 billion times. And last year as the pandemic raged, he became the most-subscribed YouTube creator in the country."
- "The video shows TikTok creator Harrison Pawluk approaching the woman, Maree, in a public shopping centre."
- "She wore crimson leggings, a stack of candy-colored beaded necklaces, and a black sweatshirt that read SELF-EMPLOYED because she is a full-time influencer — or “creator,” as it is more polite to say in this part of town."
- "Her days are spent sending messages to her fans, who pay $30 a month to see her explicit videos and chat to her online; she aims to have sex with another creator (a collaboration) about once a week."
Etymology
From Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, creatur, creatour, from Latin creātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle creātus (“created”), from verb creō (“to create”) + agent suffix -or. Mostly displaced native Old English wyrhta (modern English wright).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/