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makers

[mey-ker] Origin

mak·er

[mey-ker]
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, especially a promissory note.
5.
Cards. the player who first names the successful bid.
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6.
Archaic. a poet.
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go to/meet one's Maker, to die.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see make1, -er1

pre·mak·er, noun
un·der·mak·er, noun
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maker
c.1300, "one who makes," also "God as creator," from make.
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