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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRODU'CER, n. One that generates; one that produces.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who manufactures something [syn: manufacturer, producer]
2: someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
3: something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes"; "this microorganism is a producer of disease"

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1513 1. one that produces; especially one that grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use 2. a person who supervises or finances a work (as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public 3. an autotrophic organism (as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms — compare consumer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Econ. a person who produces goods or commodities. 2 a a person generally responsible for the production of a film or play (apart from the direction of the acting). b Brit. the director of a play or broadcast programme. Phrases and idioms: producer gas a combustible gas formed by passing air, or air and steam, through red-hot carbon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Producer Pro*du"cer, n. 1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates. 2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use. 3. (Iron & Steel Manuf.) A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(producers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A producer is a person whose job is to produce plays, films, programmes, or CDs. Vanya Kewley is a freelance film producer. N-COUNT 2. A producer of a food or material is a company or country that grows or manufactures a large amount of it. ...Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Farmer, husbandman, agriculturist.

Moby Thesaurus

MC, actor, administrator, agent, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, auteur, author, ballyhoo man, barker, begetter, beginner, builder, callboy, catalyst, causer, conceiver, conductor, constructor, costume designer, costumer, costumier, craftsman, creator, deputy, designer, deviser, directeur, director, discoverer, doer, effector, emcee, engenderer, engineer, equestrian director, executant, executor, executrix, exhibitor, fabricator, farmer, father, founder, generator, governor, grower, impresario, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, inspirer, instigator, institutor, intendant, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, makeup man, manager, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, master of ceremonies, medium, mother, mover, operant, operative, operator, organizer, originator, parent, past master, performer, perpetrator, planner, playreader, practitioner, precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, processor, prompter, raiser, realizer, rector, responsible person, ringmaster, scenewright, set designer, shaper, showman, sire, smith, spieler, stage director, stage manager, subject, supercargo, theater man, theatrician, ticket collector, usher, usherer, usherette, worker, wright