Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination.
  • noun Law A party that signs a promissory note or contract.
  • noun God. Often used with a possessive adjective.
  • noun Archaic A poet.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who makes, creates, shapes, forms, or molds; specifically (with a capital letter), the Creator.
  • noun One who composes verses; a poet.
  • noun The person who makes the promise in a promissory note by affixing his signature thereto.
  • noun In bridge, the declaring hand.
  • noun In shoemaking, the laster (a man or boy) who places the closed uppers of a boot (in hand-sewn work) over the last and attaches the bottom material.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.
  • noun (Law) The person who makes a promissory note.
  • noun obsolete One who writes verses; a poet.
  • noun to die.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
  • noun God.
  • noun A poet.
  • noun obsolete, law Someone who signs a check or promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
  • noun a person who makes things
  • noun a business engaged in manufacturing some product

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From make +‎ -er. Compare makar.

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Examples

  • When creating your paper file, use a label maker to print the category name for your folder.

    Unclutter Your Life in One Week Erin Rooney Doland 2009

  • I suggest using a label maker because the clarity of the print will speed up your retrieval time and the retrieval time of anyone else looking in your filing cabinet.

    Unclutter Your Life in One Week Erin Rooney Doland 2009

  • Jonathan had the label maker out and was typing a message.

    Become a Better You Joel Osteen 2007

  • She can also choose supplies she likes, assemble the tools herself, use a label maker or write out her own labels, and make decisions about how she wants her systems to look.

    The Organized Student Donna Goldberg with Jennifer Zwiebel 2005

  • She can also choose supplies she likes, assemble the tools herself, use a label maker or write out her own labels, and make decisions about how she wants her systems to look.

    The Organized Student Donna Goldberg with Jennifer Zwiebel 2005

  • Using a label maker and a series of same-colored Post-its or squares of paper, give a title to every stack, drawer, shelf, and folder in your office.

    Making Work Work Julie Morgenstern 2004

  • Using a label maker and a series of same-colored Post-its or squares of paper, give a title to every stack, drawer, shelf, and folder in your office.

    Making Work Work Julie Morgenstern 2004

  • Referring to all the Emmy statuettes that might show up on the set on Monday morning, he joked, "We're getting a label maker tonight."

    NYT > Home Page By BRIAN STELTER 2011

  • Print sticky labels with a label maker, or write on masking tape with a permanent marker.

    Unclutter Your Life in One Week Erin Rooney Doland 2009

  • I had her make me a file folder so she could use the label maker, fetch things from the printer and fill in a workshop evaluation form so she could see what we did with them I'm examining last year's evaluations to plan next year's schedule.

    April 2009 2009

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