maker
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er. Compare Scots makar, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare. Doublet of makar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
maker (plural makers)
- Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 186:
- The silhouette sharpens and fades as the carving is moved before the flames of the hearth, its maker grunts in perfect imitation of the ancestor - a human-lioness in oestrus.
- (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
- (now rare) A poet.
- c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:
- Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker
And euery mad medler muſt now be a maker
- 2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 9:
- It is refreshing to read how makers find great allies in the past to help them tackle the present. It helps us to see that literature is a conversation across boundaries of nation, century and language.
- (law) Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- angel maker
- armsmaker
- bodymaker
- bogus-maker
- bookmaker
- bow maker
- bread maker
- brushmaker
- cabinet maker
- carmaker
- changemaker
- coffee maker
- cuckold-maker
- culture maker
- deal-maker
- decision maker
- difference maker
- difference-maker
- fell-maker
- feltmaker
- film maker
- film-maker
- funmaker
- hitmaker
- holiday-maker, holidaymaker
- homemaker
- ice cream maker
- lampmaker
- lossmaker, loss-maker
- maker-outer
- makerspace
- maker-upper
- market maker
- match-maker
- meet one's maker
- merry-maker
- milk maker
- mischief-maker
- modelmaker, model maker
- money maker
- money-maker
- opinion-maker
- opinion maker
- organmaker
- pancake-maker
- papermaker
- passage maker
- pattern maker
- policy maker
- posture-maker
- poundmaker
- price maker
- programme-maker
- rainmaker
- saggar maker
- scentmaker
- shoemaker
- shotmaker
- slut-maker
- soy milk maker
- star-maker
- steel-maker
- tent-maker
- toastie maker
- trap maker
- troublemaker
- trouble-maker
- trouble maker
- trunk-maker
- violin maker
- widow maker
- widow-maker
- will-maker
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who makes
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one who signs a check or promissory note
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From maken (“to make”) + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)
- maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maker (plural makers)
- God as creator of all.
- Someone who makes; a craftsperson.
- An author or other creative.
- (rare) One who does.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “māker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
maker m
- indefinite plural of make
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