"maker" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmaːkər(ə)/ Forms: makers [plural], makere [alternative], makiere [alternative], makyere [alternative], macare [alternative]
Etymology: From maken + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|maken|-ere|id2=agentive|pos2=suffix forming agent nouns}} maken + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} maker, {{enm-noun|makers}} maker (plural makers)
  1. God as creator of all.
    Sense id: en-maker-enm-noun-8fQeafLy Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive), Religion Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive): 23 24 29 23 Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0 0 0
  2. Someone who makes; a craftsperson.
    Sense id: en-maker-enm-noun-1YJBTEid Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive), People Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive): 23 24 29 23 Disambiguation of People: 0 47 0 53
  3. An author or other creative.
    Sense id: en-maker-enm-noun-9U6iEC2t Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive): 23 24 29 23
  4. (rare) One who does. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-maker-enm-noun-ExsSvvdx Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive), People Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 22 30 38 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive): 23 24 29 23 Disambiguation of People: 0 47 0 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bellemaker, monymaker, patynmaker
Categories (other): Literature Disambiguation of Literature: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bellemaker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Yola: maakere, maakeare"
    }
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    }
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      "form": "makers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "makiere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makyere",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macare",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "23 24 29 23",
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          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive)",
          "parents": [],
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        "God as creator of all."
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          "God",
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        [
          "creator",
          "creator"
        ]
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    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "23 24 29 23",
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          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive)",
          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "0 47 0 53",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "People",
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        "Someone who makes; a craftsperson."
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        [
          "makes",
          "makes"
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        [
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "23 24 29 23",
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          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "An author or other creative."
      ],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "0 47 0 53",
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          "langcode": "enm",
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        "One who does."
      ],
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          "does"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) One who does."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːkər(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maker"
}
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    "Middle English nouns",
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    "Pages with 4 entries",
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    "enm:People",
    "enm:Religion"
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    {
      "word": "bellemaker"
    },
    {
      "word": "monymaker"
    },
    {
      "word": "patynmaker"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: maker, macker, makar"
    },
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: makar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: makar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "2": "maakere",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: maakere, maakeare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: maakere, maakeare"
    }
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From maken + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makere",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makiere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makyere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macare",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "God as creator of all."
      ],
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        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "creator",
          "creator"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Someone who makes; a craftsperson."
      ],
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        [
          "makes",
          "makes"
        ],
        [
          "craftsperson",
          "craftsperson"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An author or other creative."
      ],
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          "author",
          "author"
        ],
        [
          "creative",
          "creative"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who does."
      ],
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        [
          "does",
          "does"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare) One who does."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːkər(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maker"
}

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