manufacturer
Americannoun
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a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
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a person, group, or company that manufactures.
noun
Etymology
Origin of manufacturer
First recorded in 1710–20; manufacture + -er 1
Example Sentences
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It is the latest disruption to hit the West Midlands manufacturer, after a major cyber attack forced it to shut down its computer networks for several weeks last year.
From BBC
The company, which historically has licensed intellectual property to chip manufacturers, will be facing off with its own customers.
From Barron's
She was in elementary school when the war began, and Los Angeles sprouted factories for the war effort and, as we would soon learn, a manufacturer of ugly air.
From Los Angeles Times
Local air pollution authorities, possessing little power and even less solid science, singled out oil industries, factories, manufacturers and chemical companies, and they weren’t wrong — just looking through the opposite end of the telescope.
From Los Angeles Times
More recently, food manufacturers and retailers have worked through excess inventories built up during the pandemic.
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