From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er.

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

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.
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:

     Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker
     And euery mad medler muſt now be a maker

   • 2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury, published 2002, page 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.

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

1. Surname.