mastermind

DEFINITIONS OF: mastermind

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; prodigy
an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; boy wonder
an extremely talented young male person; child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child
a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; girl wonder
an extremely talented young female person

Examples:: Sir Walter Raleigh
English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618); Cecil John Rhodes
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; beginner, father, founder, founding father
a person who founds or establishes some institution; groundbreaker, innovator, pioneer, trailblazer
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art; mover, proposer
(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion; proposer, suggester
someone who advances a suggestion or proposal; cofounder
one of a group of founders; coloniser, colonizer
someone who helps to found a colony; foundress
a woman founder; nominator
someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election

“he masterminded the robbery”

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