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maker
[ mey-ker ]
noun
- a person or thing that makes.
- a manufacturer (used in combination):
a drugmaker; a garmentmaker.
- (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.
- (initial capital letter) God.
- the party executing a legal instrument, especially a promissory note.
- Cards. the player who first names the successful bid.
- Archaic. a poet.
Maker
1/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a title given to God
- go to meet one's Maker or meet one's Makerto die
maker
2/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a person who makes (something); fabricator; constructor
- a person who executes a legal document, esp one who signs a promissory note
- archaic.a poet Also called (esp Scot)makar
Other Word Forms
- ·İ noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- go to / meet one's Maker, to die.
Example Sentences
Later they will visit the nearby harbour to chat to makers and creators at Tobermory Producers Market.
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.
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.
A lot of people don’t know this, but Syria is a powerhouse maker of serialized television.
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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