producer

[ pruh-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]
/ prəˈdu sər, -ˈdyu- /
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noun

a person who produces.
Economics. a person who creates economic value, or produces goods and services.
a person responsible for the financial and administrative aspects of a stage, film, television, or radio production; the person who exercises general supervision of a production and is responsible chiefly for raising money, hiring technicians and artists, etc., required to stage a play, make a motion picture, or the like. Compare director(def 3).
British Theater. (formerly) a director of theatrical productions; stage director.
an apparatus for making producer gas.
Ecology. an organism, as a plant, that is able to produce its own food from inorganic substances.

Origin of producer

First recorded in 1505–15; produce + -er1

OTHER WORDS FROM producer

non·pro·duc·er, noun

Words nearby producer

prodromal stage, prodrome, prodrug, produce, produce race, producer, producer gas, producer goods, product, product differentiation, product liability

Words related to producer

contractor, architect, maker, manufacturer, originator, assembler, artisan, constructor, fabricator, inventor, framer, mason, craftsperson, erector

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British Dictionary definitions for producer

producer
/ (prəˈdjuːsə) /

noun

Medical definitions for producer

producer
[ prə-dōō′sər, prō- ]

n.

A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.

Scientific definitions for producer

producer
[ prə-dōō′sər ]

An autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain. Producers include green plants, which produce food through photosynthesis, and certain bacteria that are capable of converting inorganic substances into food through chemosynthesis. Compare consumer.