maker : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
  auto maker; automaker; car manufacturer; auto manufacturer; carmaker.
  

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• noun a composer of words or music for popular songs
  songwriter; songster.
  

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• noun a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
  cooper.
  

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• noun early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
  

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• noun someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
  brewer.
  

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• noun a maker of belts
  

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• noun a maker of boots
  bootmaker.
  

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• noun someone who bakes bread or cake
  baker.
  

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• noun a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
  auto maker; automaker; car manufacturer; auto manufacturer; carmaker.
  

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• noun a kitchen appliance for brewing coffee automatically
  

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• noun someone who administers a business
  administrator.
  

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• noun a coffee maker that forces live steam under pressure through dark roasted coffee grounds
  

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• one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial.

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• noun a producer of motion pictures
  film maker; film producer; filmmaker.
  

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• noun a woodworker who specializes in making furniture
  cabinetmaker.
  

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Glass" mak`er, Glass"mak`er noun (Also<

• Glass maker
• Glassmaker

)

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1. One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, ∨ Glass"mak`ing, n.

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• a maker of cuckolds. Obs. Shak.

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• noun an appliance included in some electric refrigerators for making ice cubes
  

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• a sculptor.

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• noun someone who makes jewelry
  jeweller; jeweler.
  

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• noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws
  legislature; legislative assembly; legislative body; general assembly.
  

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• noun a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
  optician.
  

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• noun a person who makes maps
  cartographer.
  

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• noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
  mischief-maker; troublemaker; bad hat; troubler.
  

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Mis"chief-mak`er noun

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1. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

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Mon"ey-mak`er noun

Definitions

1. One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. R.
2. One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of the megapodes.

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• noun a producer of motion pictures
  film maker; film producer; filmmaker.
  

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• noun someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)
  handicapper.
  

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• noun a person who makes pianos
  

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• noun someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc.
  
  • policy makers often make the right decision for the wrong reason

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• noun a craftsman who makes ropes
  roper; ropemaker.
  

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• noun an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
  slave-making ant.
  

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• noun an artist who creates sculptures
  carver; sculptor; sculpturer.
  

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• noun someone who popularizes a new fashion
  fashion arbiter; trend-setter.
  

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• noun a covered spoon with perforations
  

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• noun someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
  spinner; spinster.
  

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• noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
  mischief-maker; troublemaker; bad hat; troubler.
  

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• noun someone who makes violins
  

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Wid"ow-mak`er noun

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1. One who makes widows by destroying husbands. R. Shak.

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• noun someone who makes wine
  winemaker; vintner.
  
• noun distillery where wine is made
  winery.
  

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• noun used in making wine
  Saccharomyces ellipsoides.
  

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