Meanings
nounangel maker (plural angel makers)
plural angel makers
- euphemistichistoricalAn illicit abortionist.
- euphemistichistoricalA person who took in unwanted children and usually mistreated them.
But the angel maker usually mistreated the child, giving it almost no food […]
1994, Bill Rolston, Anna Eggert, Abortion in the New Europe: A Comparative Handbook, page 2371 more example
When her mother left to the angel maker, she said goodbye as if she would never return.
2020, Ana Cravid, What If You Had Been Aborted?, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Czech andělíčkář, andělíčkářka
- andělíčkářillicit abortionist
- andělíčkářkaillicit abortionist
Dutch engeltjesmaker, engeltjesmaakster
- engeltjesmakerillicit abortionist
- engeltjesmaaksterillicit abortionist
Finnish enkelintekijä
- enkelintekijäillicit abortionist
French faiseur d'anges, faiseuse d'anges
- faiseur d'angesillicit abortionist
- faiseuse d'angesillicit abortionist
German Engelmacher, Engelmacherin
- Engelmacherillicit abortionist
- Engelmacherinillicit abortionist
Hungarian angyalcsináló
- angyalcsinálóillicit abortionist
Swedish änglamakare, änglamakerska
- änglamakareillicit abortionist
- änglamakerskaillicit abortionist
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APA
angel maker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20maker
MLA
“angel maker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20maker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angel maker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20maker.
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