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noun

a person or thing that makes.
a manufacturer (used in combination): drugmaker; garmentmaker.
(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.

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RELATED WORDS

builder, inventor, producer, manufacturer, originator, constructor, composer, author

Idioms

    go to/meetone's Maker, to die.

Origin of maker

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at make1, -er1
Related formspre·mak·er, nounun·der·mak·er, noun
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Examples from the Web for maker

Contemporary Examples of maker

Historical Examples of maker

  • The day which his Maker intended as a blessing, man has converted into a curse.

  • In all my risks and emergencies, I am not sensible of having given a thought to my Maker.

    Ned Myers

    James Fenimore Cooper

  • Wland (gen. Wlandes, 455), the maker of Bewulf's coat of mail, 455.

    Beowulf

    Unknown

  • It is leagued with the powers of darkness, in wresting man from his Maker.

  • She picked up a packet of the chocolate and looked at the name of the maker.

    My Double Life

    Sarah Bernhardt

British Dictionary definitions for maker

maker

noun

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

noun

a title given to God
go to meet one's Maker or meet one's Maker to die
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for maker
n.

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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper