/may"keuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that makes.
2. a manufacturer (used in combination): drugmaker; garmentmaker.
3. ( cap. ) God.
4. the party executing a legal instrument, esp. a promissory note.
5. Cards. the player who first names the successful bid.
6. Archaic. a poet.
7. go to or meet one's Maker , to die.
[ 1300-50; ME; see MAKE 1 , -ER 1 ]