maker

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see also: Maker

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmeɪk.ə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
2. (usually, capitalized and preceded by the) God.
3. (now rare) A poet.
   • 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.

4. (legal) Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.

Related terms

• make
• makeover

Translations

• French: faiseur, fabricant, créateur
• German: Macher, Hersteller, Fabrikant
• Italian: fattore, facitore
• Portuguese: fazedor
• Russian: производи́тель
• Spanish: hacedor, fabricante

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Maker

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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