tree-makers

Noun

tree-maker (plural tree-makers)

1. (genealogy) One who makes or constructs a tree, i.e., a branching diagram or a family tree.
   • Alfred S. Romer, a paleontologist at Harvard, was one of the great tree makers of the midcentury, and his reached a broad audience of young scientists-in-training through his influential textbooks, most notably Vertebrate Paleontology.2019, David Quammen, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, page 186
2. One who makes or constructs saddle trees.
   • In making saddles to run and try in, the trees oƒf them are occasionally leaded by the tree-maker or saddler, agreeably to the directions either may receive from his employer; and a four-pound saddle in this way is made to weigh seven pounds.1828, Richard Darvill (V.S. 7th Hussars.), A Treatise on the Care, Treatment and Training of the English Racehorse, page 219
3. One who combines the waxes (wax molds) for multiple rings onto a wax rod in order to cast a plaster mold for making multiple rings.
   • Next a tree maker takes a handful of the waxes and attaches them to a wax rod; the waxes branch up off the rod like the limbs of a Christmas tree, connected to the rod by the twig of wax created when the wax was forced down the channel of the mold (this twig is called a "sprue").2009, Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally, The Diamond Cutter, page 135
4. A software program that constructs family trees.
   • Titles found in this category include Compton's Encyclopedia, Microsoft Encarta, Mavis Beacon Typing, home designing software, family tree makers, as well as a wide range of college test preparation software and programs to help you learn a new language.2001, Jill T. Freeze, Sams Teach Yourself Computer Basics in 24 Hours, page 113
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tree, maker.