maker

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

   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. 2
   noun

   God, the Creator.

   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. 3
   noun

   A poet.

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

4. 4
   name

   The Creator, God.

   As the hand began its descent, Jane Porter closed her eyes and sent up a silent prayer to the Maker she was so soon to face—then she succumbed to the strain upon her tired nerves, and swooned.

5. 5
   noun

   a business engaged in manufacturing some product

6. 6
   noun

   a person who makes things

7. 7
   noun

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

8. 8
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *makaz Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er. Compare Scots makar,…