1. a person who establishes or founds an institution, organization, or system
Usage: formal

Examples

• The institutor of the scholarship program wanted to help underprivileged students.
• As the institutor of the new policy, she took responsibility for its implementation.
• The university honored its institutor with a bronze statue in the main courtyard.
• He was recognized as the institutor of several important educational reforms.
• The institutor’s vision shaped the organization for decades to come.
• Many considered her the true institutor of the modern healthcare system.