business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"

armorer, armourer - a manufacturer of firearms

bottler - a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages

auto maker, auto manufacturer, automaker, car maker, car manufacturer, carmaker - a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles

computer business - a business that manufactures and sells computers

arms manufacturer - someone who manufactures arms and munitions

brewer - the owner or manager of a brewery

distiller - someone who distills alcoholic liquors

food manufacturer - a person who manufactures food products

maker, shaper - a person who makes things

sericulturist - a producer of raw silk

Cyrus Hall McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, McCormick - United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884)

John Mercer, Mercer - British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)

Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer, Singer - United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)

Eli Whitney, Whitney - United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)