coffeemaker

noun

1. A person who makes coffee.

   “Upholsterer, Letter-Carrier, Foreign-Post, Coffee-maker, of each one.”

   “If your cook is not habitually a good coffee-maker, the coffee will most probably be sent in cold, thick, and weak—for want of some previous supervision.”

   “To be sure it had to be taken without milk, but there was plenty of sugar, and when Rod passed his tin cup for a second helping, the coffee-maker's face fairly beamed with gratified pride.”

   “One of the tests by which a Greek goddess is measured is the quality of her Greek coffee. There are many ways to prepare it, and a flawless result is uncontestable proof of proper technique. Medium, sweet, plain, “heavy” and sweet, “heavy” with no sugar, with or without a film of foamy bubbles are some of the many variations of an expert coffee maker. Can she prepare good coffee? She’s a goddess!”

2. Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

   “There is also the Fountain coffee-maker, in which a body of steam, passing upwards through the body of ground coffee, carries over the infusion, which collects in a chamber.”

   “As he poured water into the coffeemaker, Ben watched several deer grazing ... While the coffeemaker gurgled, Ben remained entranced by the deer.”