deviser

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But he remains the engaging, articulate and uncensored champion of artistic freedom and the ingenious deviser of “Midnight’s Children” and other lauded works of fiction.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Far more are employed only by the deviser and his partner.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2014

Rudolph von Laban, 78, Hungarian-born choreographer, teacher and theorist of the dance, deviser of Labanotation, the first widely accepted, effective method of recording dance movements on paper; in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

The initials, he explained, stood for "Globe Calendar," of which he was the deviser.

From Time Magazine Archive

And so Sinson, naturally imputing to others the conduct from which he would not shrink himself, trembled lest he might be over-reached after all, and find his artifices recoil upon their deviser.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy