Word Meanings - PLAYWRIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A maker or adapter of plays.

Related words: (words related to PLAYWRIGHT)

• PLAYSOME
  Playful; wanton; sportive. R. Browning. -- Play"some*ness, n.
• ADAPTER
  A connecting tube; an adopter. (more info) 1. One who adapts.
• MAKER
  The person who makes a promissory note. 3. One who writes verses; a poet. Note: "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
• MANTUAMAKER
  One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
• BOOTMAKER
  One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n.
• BRICKMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n.
• SAILMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. -- Sail"mak`ing, n.
• WIDOW-MAKER
  One who makes widows by destroying husbands. Shak.
• MATCHMAKER
  1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages.
• GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
  One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.
• ROADMAKER
  One who makes roads.
• HAYMAKER
  1. One who cuts and cures hay. 2. A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
• WATCHMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
• PEACEMAKER
  One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.
• WAYMAKER
  One who makes a way; a precursor. Bacon.
• STAYMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make stays.
• MERRYMAKER
  One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.
• TENTMAKER
  One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3.
• SHOEMAKER
  1. One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots. The threadfish. The runner, 12.
• BOOKMAKER
  A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n. (more info) 1. One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.