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maker

noun
USMAY-ker/ˈmeɪk.ɚ/UKMAY-kuh/ˈmeɪk.ə/

Pluralmakers

4 meanings of maker

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A person or thing that makes something, like a company or a machine.

    Our new coffee maker brews a cup in one minute.

    The maker of this table used only old wood.

    Similarmanufacturer, producer, creator, builder

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  2. 2
    noun
    God, as the one who made the world and everything in it.

    She thanked her Maker for the rain that saved the crops.

    The old song gives praise to the Maker of heaven and earth.

    SimilarGod, Lord

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A person who signs a written promise to pay money, and so must make the payment.

    The bank asked the maker of the note to pay by Friday.

    If the maker cannot pay, the lender may go after the other people who signed.

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  1. 4
    nounarchaic
    A person who writes poems.

    Every maker at the reading shared one new poem.

    It is refreshing to read how makers find great allies in the past to help them tackle the present. It helps us to see that literature is a conversation across boundaries of nation, century and language.
    2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of PrefacesHere, makers means poets, people who write poetry.
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Origin

Formed from the word make and the ending -er.