maker
- go to/meetone's Maker, to die.
Origin of maker
Related Words for maker
builder, inventor, producer, manufacturer, originator, constructor, composer, authorExamples from the Web for maker
Contemporary Examples of maker
But Lundbeck, the Danish maker of Nembutal, no longer sells the drug to U.S. prisons.
With the success of Frozen and the acquisition of Maker, perhaps Disney is beginning to see the Web 2.0 light.
Thus were Lockett and Warner set to meet their maker Tuesday night.
The maker of LYMErix™ tossed in the towel despite no compelling scientific evidence showing any problem with vaccine.
Last week, King Digital Entertainment, the maker of Candy Crush, went public in a splashy initial public offering.
Historical Examples of maker
The day which his Maker intended as a blessing, man has converted into a curse.
Sunday under Three HeadsCharles Dickens
In all my risks and emergencies, I am not sensible of having given a thought to my Maker.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
Wland (gen. Wlandes, 455), the maker of Bewulf's coat of mail, 455.
BeowulfUnknown
It is leagued with the powers of darkness, in wresting man from his Maker.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
She picked up a packet of the chocolate and looked at the name of the maker.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
maker
- a person who makes (something); fabricator; constructor
- a person who executes a legal document, esp one who signs a promissory note
- archaic, Scot a poetAlso called (esp Scot): makar
Maker
- a title given to God
- go to meet one's Maker or meet one's Maker to die
Word Origin and History for maker
c.1300, "one who makes," also "God as creator," agent noun from make (v.). Specifically, "manufacturer" by late 14c. To meet (one's) maker "die" is attested by 1814.