# maker

Pronunciation: US say "MAY-ker" /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/; UK say "MAY-kuh" /ˈmeɪk.ə/

## Noun

1. A person or thing that makes or produces something.
   - Simple: A person or thing that makes something, like a company or a machine.
   - _Every piece in the shop carries a small stamp identifying its maker._
   - _Several drone makers showed off their latest models at the trade fair._
2. God, as the creator of all things.
   - Simple: God, as the one who made the world and everything in it.
   - _The congregation sang a hymn of thanks to the Maker of all things._
   - _The old sailor joked that he wasn't ready to meet his Maker just yet._
3. A person who signs a promissory note and so becomes responsible for paying it.
   - Simple: A person who signs a written promise to pay money, and so must make the payment.
   - _The holder of the note demanded payment from the maker when the loan fell due._
   - _As the maker, she was primarily liable for the full amount stated on the note._

## Noun

4. A poet, a person who writes poetry. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A person who writes poems.
   - _The anthology gathers poems by every maker of note from the last two centuries._
   - _Like many makers before him, he wrote his finest verse in old age._

## Origin

From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er. Compare Scots makar, Saterland Frisian Moaker, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager and Swedish makare; it is a doublet of makar.

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