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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROJECT'OR, n. One who forms a scheme or design.
1. One who forms wild or impracticable schemes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an optical device for projecting a beam of light
2: an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1596 1. one that plans a project; specifically promoter 2. one that projects: as a. a device for projecting a beam of light b. an optical instrument for projecting an image upon a surface c. a machine for projecting motion pictures on a screen 3. an imagined line from an object to a surface along which projection takes place

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a an apparatus containing a source of light and a system of lenses for projecting slides or film on to a screen. b an apparatus for projecting rays of light. 2 a person who forms or promotes a project. 3 archaic a promoter of speculative companies.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Projector Pro*jec"tor, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as radiopticon, mirrorscope, balopticon, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Projector Pro*ject"or, n. [Cf. F. projeteur.] One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes. --L'Estrange.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(projectors) A projector is a machine that projects films or slides onto a screen or wall. ...a 35-millimetre slide projector. N-COUNT see also overhead projector

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Schemer, designer, planner, contriver, inventor.

Moby Thesaurus

Mark, a, architect, bazooka, calliope, cinematograph, contriver, designer, developer, deviser, enterpriser, entrepreneur, framer, hedgehog, kinematograph, launch pad, launcher, launching pad, launching platform, launching tube, magic lantern, mousetrap, organizer, planner, promoter, silo, slide projector, slide viewer, stereopticon, strategian, strategist, tactician