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maker

[ mey-ker ]

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.


Maker

1

/ ˈmeɪkə /

noun

  1. a title given to God
  2. 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

maker

2

/ 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. archaic.
    a poet Also called (esp Scot)makar
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maker1

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

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

Major packaged food makers including Quaker Oats and Folgers coffee asked Trump for targeted exemptions from tariffs on imports such as cocoa and fruit, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

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They turned to Brown - then the boss of a sports marketing agency called JMI, and well known in F1 as a deal maker and sponsor finder.

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Its makers say the hand-picked suggestions give you a better chance of finding quality titles outside the mainstream.

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Canadian provinces pulling US alcohol off store shelves in response to Trump trade policy is "worse than tariffs", the boss of Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman has said.

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But it has the capacity to lower interest rates, and healthy public finances, providing policy makers with scope to cushion the blow for Canadians.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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