maker

American  

[mey-ker] / ˈmeɪ kər /

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.

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idioms

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

maker ¹ British  

/ 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

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Maker ² British  

/ ˈmeɪkə /

noun

1. a title given to God

2. to die

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Other Word Forms

• premaker noun

Etymology

Origin of maker

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

Example Sentences

TOKYO—Imagine a sheet made of microscopic glass fibers, woven by a former silk maker and thinner than a human hair.

From The Wall Street Journal

In American society, it has been a constant rule that the policy makers and other elites who are hurting working-class and poor white people are hurting working-class and poor Black people too.

From Salon

Its makers are adding ways to tone down plans some users found to be too aggressive.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This younger generation of policy makers are much more transactional than their forefathers, there is greater competition for Saudi investment in the UK," he explained.

From BBC

Smaller, more niche cosmetics makers created bold looks, and influencers started offering makeup tutorials on social media.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• builder
• inventor
• manufacturer
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