developer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)
  2. noun photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film

WordNet


De*vel"op*er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, develops.
  2. (Photog.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.

Webster 1913