Mak"er (m&amac;k"&etil;r) n.,
1.
One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.
The universal Maker we may praise.
Milton.
2. Law
The person who makes a promissory note.
3.
One who writes verses; a poet.
[Obs.]
⇒ "The Greeks named the poet poihth`s, which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word poiei^n, make; wherein, I know not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met well the Greeks in calling him a maker."
Sir P. Sidney.
© Webster 1913.