Maker
name, noun ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
"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."
- 2 a business engaged in manufacturing some product wordnet
- 3 God, the Creator.
"Well might the Sun in Darkneſs hide, / And ſhut his Glories in, / When God the mighty Maker dy’d / For Man the Creature’s Sin."
- 4 a person who makes things wordnet
- 5 A poet. archaic
"Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker And euery mad medler muſt now be a maker"
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- 6 Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
- 1 The Creator, God.
"As the hand began its descent, Jane Porter closed her eyes and sent up a silent prayer to the Maker she was so soon to face—then she succumbed to the strain upon her tired nerves, and swooned."
- 2 A surname.
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More examples"It's not an easy thing to meet your maker."
Etymology
From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er. Compare Scots makar, Saterland Frisian Moaker, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare. Doublet of makar.
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