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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MA'KER, n. The Creator.
The universal Maker we may praise.
1. One that makes, forms, shapes, or molds; a manufacturer; as a maker of watches, or of jewelry; a maker of cloth.
2. A poet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who makes things [syn: maker, shaper]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah]
3: a business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn: manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century one that makes: as a. capitalized god 1 b. archaic poet c. a person who borrows money on a promissory note d. manufacturer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (often in comb.) a person or thing that makes. 2 (our, the , etc. Maker) God. 3 archaic a poet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(makers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The maker of a product is the firm that manufactures it. ...Japan's two largest car makers. = manufacturer N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. You can refer to the person who makes something as its maker. ...the makers of news and current affairs programmes. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. see also peacemaker

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ma'-ker.

See MAKE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Creator, God. 2. Manufacturer, former, builder, constructor. 3. Author, writer, composer. 4. (Law.) Signer of a promissory note.

Moby Thesaurus

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