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maker

[ mey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that makes.
  2. a manufacturer (used in combination):

    a drugmaker; a garmentmaker.

  3. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who has the hobby of creating tangible physical products, especially do-it-yourself technology and engineering projects or handmade crafts (often used attributively): The maker movement fosters hands-on creativity in a sedentary world of passive entertainment options.

    Makers came together at the convention to collaborate with each other and show off their completed products.

    The maker movement fosters hands-on creativity in a sedentary world of passive entertainment options.

  4. (initial capital letter) God.
  5. the party executing a legal instrument, especially a promissory note.
  6. Cards. the player who first names the successful bid.
  7. Archaic. a poet.


Maker

1

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a title given to God
  2. go to meet one's Maker or meet one's Maker
    to die
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

maker

2

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a person who makes (something); fabricator; constructor
  2. a person who executes a legal document, esp one who signs a promissory note
  3. archaic.
    a poet Also called (esp Scot)makar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·İ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maker1

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English; make 1, -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. go to / meet one's Maker, to die.
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Later they will visit the nearby harbour to chat to makers and creators at Tobermory Producers Market.

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President Donald Trump is set to take action to ease the impact of his tariffs on US car makers, a top White House official says.

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It is a bold move, but star players can help teams build empires in the NFL, and having a difference maker on both offence and defence is something the league has hardly ever seen before.

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A lot of people don’t know this, but Syria is a powerhouse maker of serialized television.

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James Bruton, who builds all of his inventions in a secret location in Hampshire, used to work in IT and was a toy maker before switching to being a "full-time internet creator".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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