imagineer

[ ih-maj-uh-neer ]

noun

1. a person who is skilled in implementing creative ideas into practical form.

Word History and Origins

Origin of imagineer¹

First recorded in 1940–45; imagin(e) + (engin)eer ( def )

Example Sentences

Tiki mugs have a long, robust history rooted in handmade ceramics, and these are made in collaboration with designers such as sculptor and Disney Imagineer Tom “Thor” Thordarson.

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“If you want to sit back and just watch the world go by, that’s also fine, but I think one of the things that we know about our guests is they want more and more to lean into these stories,” says Imagineer Scott Trowbridge, whom Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger described on social media as the “creator” of Galaxy’s Edge.

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“It was kind of like a Tim Burton Christmas without the Gothic influence,” says Scott Rogers, a game designer and former Walt Disney Imagineer, describing the approachable weirdness of Santa’s Village.

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“We don’t get many opportunities to do this,” says Imagineer Michele Hobbs, one of the key architects of the Adventureland Treehouse revamp.

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“Through the years, it became a little less popular,” said Kim Irvine, the Walt Disney Imagineer and creative executive who long served as Disneyland’s art director, of the original Swiss Family Treehouse.

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