"Maker" meaning in English

See Maker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Maker [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|?||def=1}} the Maker
  1. The Creator, God.
    Sense id: en-Maker-en-name-UqgBk7A2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24

Proper name

Forms: Makers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Maker (plural Makers)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Maker-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 22:",
          "text": "Blessed is he who on the day of his death finds peace in the breast of his Maker!",
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