Artificer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Artificer \Ar*tif"i*cer\, n. [Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL.
     artificiarius.]
     1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose
        occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular
        kind, as a silversmith.
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     2. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or
        framer. "Artificer of fraud." --Milton.
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              The great Artificer of all that moves. --Cowper.
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     3. A cunning or artful fellow. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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     4. (Mil.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter,
        etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades,
        etc., in a military laboratory.
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     Syn: Artisan; artist. See {Artisan}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  artificer
       n 1: someone who is the first to think of or make something [syn:
             {inventor}, {discoverer}]
       2: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
          [syn: {craftsman}, {artisan}, {journeyman}]
       3: an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and
          machine guns etc. [syn: {armorer}, {armourer}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Artificer
     a person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22;
     Isa. 3:3).
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ARTIFICERS. Persons whose employment or business consists chiefly of bodily
  labor. Those who are masters of their arts. Cunn. Dict. h.t. Vide Art.