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mak⋅er

  [mey-ker]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that makes.
2. a manufacturer (used in combination): drugmaker; garmentmaker.
3. (initial capital letter) God.
4. the party executing a legal instrument, esp. a promissory note.
5. Cards. the player who first names the successful bid.
6. Archaic. a poet.
—Idiom
7. go to or meet one's Maker, to die.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see make 1 , -er 1
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mak·er   (mā'kər)   
n.  
  1. One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination: a policymaker; a drugmaker.
  2. Law A party that signs a promissory note.
  3. Maker God. Often used with a possessive adjective: prayed to her Maker for guidance.
  4. Archaic A poet.
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Maker

Mak"er\ (m[=a]k"[~e]r), n. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : maker
Spanish: fabricante, creador,
German: der Fabrikant,
Japanese: 製造業者
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Main Entry: mak·er
Function: noun
: one (as an issuer) that undertakes to pay a negotiable instrument and esp. a note maker rather than indorser>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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maker

any of the Scottish courtly poets who flourished from about 1425 to 1550. The best known are Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and Sir David Lyndsay; the group is sometimes expanded to include James I of Scotland and Harry the Minstrel, or Blind Harry.

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