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wickmaker

UK/ˈwɪkmeɪkə/

wickmaker noun: someone who makes wicks.

Noun

wickmaker (plural wickmakers)

  1. (uncommon) Someone who makes wicks.
    • Piggot Samuel, watchmaker 215½ Hudson
      Piggott Augusta wickmaker 159 Grand1837, New-York Register and City Directory for the sixty-second year of American independence, page 494
    • […] apparently assumes that the Talmud does not totally reject that there was a wickmaker’s office.1986, Nosson Scherman, Meir Zlotowitz, The Mishnah, volume 2, part 2, page 90

Forms of wickmaker

pluralwickmakers

Origin of wickmaker

From wick + maker.

Questions about wickmaker

What does wickmaker mean?
Wickmaker means someone who makes wicks.
What part of speech is wickmaker?
Wickmaker is a noun.
How do you pronounce wickmaker?
Wickmaker is pronounced /ˈwɪkmeɪkə/ (UK).
What is the plural of wickmaker?
The plural of wickmaker is wickmakers.

Words near wickmaker in the dictionary

  1. wicklow
  2. Wicklow Mountains
  3. wicklows
  4. Wicklund
  5. Wicklunds
  6. wickmaker
  7. wickmakers
  8. wickmaking
  9. Wickman
  10. wickmanite
  11. Wickmans

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