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maker

noun
/ˈmeɪk.ə/UK/ˈmeɪk.ɚ/US

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 *-āsjos 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, Saterland Frisian Moaker, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare. Doublet of makar.

  1. inherited from maker

Definitions

  1. Someone who makes

    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.
    • Ukrainian and foreign UAV makers rock up early at an open field in the outskirts of Kyiv, to take part in a drone competition organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation.

  2. 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. A poet.

    • Set ſophia aſyde, for euery iack raker And euery mad medler muſt now be a maker
    • 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. ›+ 3 more definitions

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

    2. 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.
      • Blessed is he who on the day of his death finds peace in the breast of his Maker!

    3. A surname.

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Derived

All-Maker, angel maker, armsmaker, arrowmaker, artmaker, automaker, babymaker, bagmaker, ballmaker, barrelmaker, basketmaker, batmaker, beadmaker, beatmaker, bedmaker, beermaker, bellmaker, beltmaker, bikemaker, blanketmaker, blockmaker, boatmaker, bodymaker, bogus-maker, boilermaker, boltmaker, bombmaker, bookmaker, bootmaker, bottlemaker, bowlmaker, bow maker, boxmaker, brakemaker, bread maker, breadmaker, breechesmaker, brickmaker, brushmaker, bucketmaker · +348 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at maker. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at maker. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at maker

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA