artificer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: artificer	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for artificer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artificer n someone who is the first to think of or make something Synonym(s): inventor, discoverer, artificer a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft Synonym(s): craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. Synonym(s): armorer, armourer, artificer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Artificer \Artif"icer\, 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. 2. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer. [bd]Artificer of fraud.[b8] --Milton. The great Artificer of all that moves. --Cowper. 3. A cunning or artful fellow. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 4. (Mil.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn: Artisan; artist. See {Artisan}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Artificer a person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22; Isa. 3:3).