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maker

/ˈmeɪkə/MAY-kur
/ˈmeɪkɚ/MAY-kur

Meaningone who makes

Common meaning: a person or firm that makes things

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishmacian‘make’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmaken‘make’source
  3. Englishmake‘create or produce’
  4. Englishformed in English from makemaker‘a person or firm that makes things’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from make + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MAKE, p.349 · scan

Source words

  • macian Old English · source word “make”

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