maker
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er. Compare Scots makar, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare. Doublet of makar.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)
NounEdit
maker (plural makers)
- Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
- (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
- (now rare) A poet.
- c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
- Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker
And euery mad medler muſt now be a maker
- Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker
- 2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury 2002, p. 9:
- 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.
- c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
- (law) Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- armsmaker
- bodymaker
- bookmaker
- brushmaker
- carmaker
- changemaker
- decision maker
- feltmaker
- film maker
- funmaker
- hitmaker
- holiday-maker, holidaymaker
- homemaker
- lampmaker
- lossmaker, loss-maker
- makerspace
- meet one's maker
- modelmaker, model maker
- organmaker
- papermaker
- poundmaker
- programme-maker
- rainmaker
- scentmaker
- shoemaker
- shotmaker
- troublemaker
- widow-maker
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who makes
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one who signs a check or promissory note
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From maken (“to make”) + -er.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)
- maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
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Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
maker (plural makers)
- God as creator of all.
- Someone who makes; a craftsperson.
- An author or other creative.
- (rare) One who does.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “māker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
maker m
- indefinite plural of make