Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who builds models, especially scale models.

    One who does so avocationally as a hobby.

    His father was a locally renowned modelmaker whose model cars and airplanes were on display in his barbershop for many years.

  2. (dated)One who does so vocationally in industry.

    Near-synonym: scale modeler

    His grandfather was a modelmaker for a heavy engineering firm.

Origin

From model + maker.

From model + maker.

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