fabricator
Americannoun
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a person who makes things by art or skill and labor.
He’d spent some time as a fabricator of high-end military circuit boards.
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a person or company that makes something by assembling parts or sections; manufacturer.
With its lapped metal panels, the complexity of the design required top skills, and the fabricator Purly Manufacturing did an outstanding job.
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a person who devises or invents something, especially a lie or a fictional narrative or character.
The document paints him as a serial exaggerator and fabricator rather than a heroic whistleblower.
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a person who produces something fake or counterfeit.
The fabricators of these forged archeological artifacts are still fooling some people even today.
Etymology
Origin of fabricator
First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin fabricātor, equivalent to fabricat(e) ( def. ) + -or 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Consider Micron’s massive fabricator project in upstate New York, which it announced in October 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“The federal government’s stake in Intel made sense because the U.S. has an inherent interest in making sure the only U.S.-owned cutting-edge chip fabricator is healthy,” said Fundstrat’s vice president of market intelligence Kent Fung.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Rains, a miner and countertop fabricator, had also been one of the few people holding onto hope of finding buried treasure in Havilah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
Moving to Schuylkill County, in Pennsylvania, in 2021, he had access to local manufacturers, including a metal fabricator who primarily built roller coasters.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
I must notice, too, that on other coins a hammer and pincers, or tongs, appear, as if the idea was to show that a maker, fabricator, or heavy hitter was intended to be symbolised.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
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