Noun manufacturer has 2 senses
  1. manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business - a business engaged in manufacturing some product
    --1 is a kind of business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
    --1 has particulars:
     armorer, armourer; bottler; car manufacturer, car maker, carmaker, auto manufacturer, auto maker, automaker; computer business
    Derived form: verb manufacture1
  2. manufacturer, producer - someone who manufactures something
    --2 is a kind of maker, shaper
    --2 has particulars:
     arms manufacturer; brewer; distiller; food manufacturer; sericulturist; McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, Cyrus Hall McCormick; Mercer, John Mercer; Singer, Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer; Whitney, Eli Whitney
    Derived form: verb manufacture1
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