Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
God.
Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
to father; to beget.
A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.