maker

From Middle English makere, equivalent to make +‎ -er. Compare English makar, Scots makar, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, Danish mager, Swedish makare

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkə(r)

maker (plural makers)

1. Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
2. (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God.
3. (now rare) A poet.
   • 2000, Alasdair Gray, The Book of Prefaces, Bloomsbury 2002, p. 9:

     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. (obsolete, law) Someone who signs a cheque or promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.

• kerma, marke

From maken (“to make”) +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.kər/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ker

maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)

1. maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)

• druktemaker
• fietsenmaker
• gangmaker
• praatjesmaker
• schoenmaker
• schoonmaker
• stratenmaker

• kamer

maker m

1. indefinite plural of make