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

/ ˈmeɪkə /

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. Also called (esp Scot): makar. archaic,  a poet

Maker

²

/ ˈmeɪkə /

noun

1. a title given to God

2. to die

Other Word Forms

• premaker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of maker¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. go to / meet one's Maker, to die.

Example Sentences

The EV maker has not posted any comment on X regarding the probe, and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who owns the social-media company, has also not posted about it.

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The risk is that Dell would lose its competitive edge to one of the other server makers.

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Every bet must have a counterparty, and the odds are set based on what real people and market makers are willing to pay.

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In an era when college players now get paid, UNC promised to be at the vanguard of adapting, led by decision makers who spent their careers operating under the constraints of a salary cap.

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“We believe independent, sound science clearly shows that taking acetaminophen does not cause autism,” said a spokeswoman for Kenvue, the parent company of Tylenol’s maker.

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Related Words

• builder 
• inventor 
• manufacturer 
• producer