maker English · revision 6472

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmeɪk.ə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English, formed from [[make]] and [[-er]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who fashions or constructs something, and God as the Creator: before 1300 in the OED, about 1300 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A manufacturer is from the late 14th century,^(Etymonline) and many compounds such as ''clockmaker'' follow.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) A composer of a book or framer of a law is from before 1340,^(OED 1989) and a poet from 1387–88, now archaic, after Greek poiētḗs, maker (compare Scots [[makar]]).^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) To receive one's Maker was to take Communion (1539),^(OED 1989) and ''to meet one's maker'', to die, is from 1814.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1300 – a maker; the Creator.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1340 – an author or lawmaker.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1387 – a poet (archaic).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1814 – meet one's maker.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or company that makes something; a [[manufacturer]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''Maker'': [[God]] as the creator.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' A poet.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[automaker]]

+ * [[bedmaker]]

+ * [[boilermaker]]

+ * [[bookmaker]]

+ * [[cabinetmaker]]

+ * [[carmaker]]

+ * [[casemaker]]

+ * [[changemaker]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[make]]

+ * [[makeover]]

+ * [[makar]]

+ * [[poet]]

+ * [[homemaker]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}