fabricantn.
/ˈfabrɪkənt/ Now rare.
One who fabricates, constructs, or fashions (anything); a maker or manufacturer.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction > one who constructs
maker1297
artificer1533
artifex1605
constructor1751
fabricant1756
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [noun] > maker or manufacturer
maker1297
workera1382
preparatorc1485
opificer1548
preparer1553
manufactora1649
opifex1649
manufacturera1687
faker1688
fabricant1756
fabricator1863
prepper1970
1756 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (new ed.) II. ii. 37 Every fabricant, or manufacturer at Lyons, in the flower'd way.
1757 Herald (1758) I. No. 10. 161 The fabricant is taxed in the materials he uses.
1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal cxlv The minister, in the name of the king, first fabricant.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. i. 10 Woe to us fabricants of bronze.
1884 G. Baden-Powell in Fortn. Rev. 1 Nov. 641 Fabricants and refiners manage to create a large margin of ‘sugar’.
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