developerde·vel·op·er /dɪˈveləpə-ər/ noun [countableC]1MANUFACTURINGa person or company that works on the planning and design of new productselectric car developers
software developers
2PROPERTY a person or company whose business is buying land and building on itDevelopers say the stadium could take another two years to complete.
one of the country’s major property developers
a Los Angeles real-estate developer
→ merchant developer