developer
noun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈveləpər/ us PROPERTY
a person or company that makes money by buying land and building new houses, stores, or offices on it:
The bill would prevent a developer from building thousands of homes near the canyon.
He is one of the developers of the new golf resort.
a property/real estate/housing developer
PRODUCTION, IT
a person or company that creates new products, especially software, or services:
Now the country is producing some of the best designers of wireless chips and developers of wireless software.
a software/drug/game developer
See also
merchant developer