maker

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 186:

     The silhouette sharpens and fades as the carving is moved before the flames of the hearth, its maker grunts in perfect imitation of the ancestor - a human-lioness in oestrus.

2. (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
   • 1707, Isaac Watts, “Godly Sorrow ariſing from the Sufferings of Chriſt”, in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, London: J. Humfreys, page 86:

     Well might the Sun in Darkneſs hide, / And ſhut his Glories in, / When God the mighty Maker dy’d / For Man the Creature’s Sin.

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

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See also

• creator

Anagrams

• Kemar, kerma, marke

Dutch

Etymology

From maken (“to make”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kər/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ker
• Rhymes: -aːkər

Noun

maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)

1. maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: mâker
• Negerhollands: maaker
• Skepi Creole Dutch: maker

Anagrams

• kamer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• makere, makiere, makyere, macare

Etymology

From maken +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːkər(ə)/

Noun

maker (plural makers)

1. God as creator of all.
2. Someone who makes; a craftsperson.
3. An author or other creative.
4. (rare) One who does.

Derived terms

• bellemaker
• monymaker
• patynmaker

Descendants

• English: maker
• Scots: maker, macker, makar
  • → English: makar
• Yola: maakere, maakeare

References

• “māker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maker m

1. indefinite plural of make