Producer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Producer \Pro*du"cer\, n.
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     1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates.
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     2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude


        materials into articles of use.
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     3. (Iron & Steel Manuf.) A furnace for producing combustible
        gas which is used for fuel.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  producer
       n 1: someone who manufactures something [syn: {manufacturer}]
       2: someone who finds financing for and supervises the making
          and presentation of a show (play or film or program or
          similar work)
       3: something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of
          potatoes"; "this microorganism is a producer of disease"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "producer":
     MC, actor, administrator, agent, ancestors, apprentice, architect,
     artificer, artist, auteur, author, ballyhoo man, barker, begetter,
     beginner, builder, callboy, catalyst, causer, conceiver, conductor,
     constructor, costume designer, costumer, costumier, craftsman,
     creator, deputy, designer, deviser, directeur, director,
     discoverer, doer, effector, emcee, engenderer, engineer,
     equestrian director, executant, executor, executrix, exhibitor,
     fabricator, farmer, father, founder, generator, governor, grower,
     impresario, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, inspirer,
     instigator, institutor, intendant, introducer, inventor,
     journeyman, maker, makeup man, manager, manufacturer, master,
     master craftsman, master of ceremonies, medium, mother, mover,
     operant, operative, operator, organizer, originator, parent,
     past master, performer, perpetrator, planner, playreader,
     practitioner, precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, processor,
     prompter, raiser, realizer, rector, responsible person, ringmaster,
     scenewright, set designer, shaper, showman, sire, smith, spieler,
     stage director, stage manager, subject, supercargo, theater man,
     theatrician, ticket collector, usher, usherer, usherette, worker,
     wright