 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
maker
noun
1: a person who makes things [syn: {shaper}]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: {Godhead},
{Lord}, {Creator}, {Divine}, {God Almighty}, {Almighty}, {Jehovah}]
3: a business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn: {manufacturer},
{manufacturing business}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Maker \Mak"er\ (m[=a]k"[~e]r), noun
1. One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer;
specifically, the Creator.
The universal Maker we may praise. --Milton.
2. (Law) The person who makes a promissory note.
3. One who writes verses; a poet. [Obs.]
Note: ''The Greeks named the poet poihth's, which name, as
the most excellent, hath gone through other languages.
It cometh of this word poiei^n, make; wherein, I know
not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met
well the Greeks in calling him a maker.'' --Sir P.
Sidney.
{To meet one's maker}, to die.
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
179 Moby Thesaurus words for "maker":
Meistersinger, Parnassian, actor, agent, ancestors, apprentice,
arch-poet, architect, artificer, artisan, artist, artiste, author,
bag maker, balance maker, ballad maker, balladmonger, bard,
barrel maker, basket maker, beat poet, bed maker, beer maker,
begetter, beginner, bell maker, bellows maker, belt maker,
blanket maker, block maker, bobbin maker, bodice maker, body maker,
bolt maker, bookmaker, bootmaker, bottle maker, bow maker,
box maker, brake maker, bread maker, brickmaker, bridge maker,
broom maker, brush maker, bucoliast, builder, bullet maker,
butter maker, button maker, cabinetmaker, canvas maker,
carpet maker, cart maker, casemaker, catalyst, causer,
cement maker, chain maker, cheese maker, chest maker, chisel maker,
clockmaker, clog maker, cloth maker, coach maker, coffin maker,
collar maker, combmaker, conceiver, constructor, copyist,
cord maker, coremaker, couch maker, cradle maker, craftsman,
crate maker, creator, cup maker, dauber, daubster, designer,
deviser, diemaker, discoverer, dish maker, doer, doll maker,
door maker, dressmaker, effector, elegist, engenderer, engineer,
epic poet, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, father,
fili, founder, generator, grower, hatmaker, idyllist, imagist,
inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, inspirer, instigator,
institutor, introducer, inventor, jongleur, journeyman, laureate,
librettist, major poet, manufacturer, map maker, master,
master craftsman, matchmaker, medium, minnesinger, minor poet,
minstrel, modernist, mother, mover, occasional poet, odist,
old master, operant, operative, operator, organizer, originator,
parent, past master, pastoral poet, pastoralist, patriarch,
performer, perpetrator, planner, poet, poet laureate, poetress,
practitioner, precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, producer,
raiser, realizer, rhapsode, rhapsodist, satirist, scop, shaper,
shoemaker, sire, skald, smith, sonneteer, subject, symbolist,
troubadour, trouveur, trovatore, vers libriste, vers-librist,
watchmaker, worker, wright
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