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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun artificer has 3 senses
- artificer(n = noun.person) discoverer, inventor - someone who is the first to think of or make something; Array is a kind of creator
- artificer(n = noun.person) artisan, craftsman, journeyman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft; Array has particulars: beautician, cosmetician, bookbinder, bricklayer, clockmaker, clocksmith, coachbuilder, construction worker, hard hat, barrel maker, cooper, coppersmith, currier, die-sinker, diemaker, diesinker, glassblower, glass-cutter, glass cutter, glassworker, glazer, glazier, gold-beater, goldbeater, hairdresser, hairstylist, styler, stylist, luthier, machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic, mason, stonemason, miller, paperer, paperhanger, pipe fitter, plumber, ceramicist, ceramist, potter, thrower, rigger, roofer, rope-maker, ropemaker, roper, steamfitter, tanner, animal stuffer, stuffer, taxidermist, upholsterer, weaver, welder, window dresser, window trimmer, woodman, woodsman, woodworker, wright, morris, william morris
- artificer(n = noun.person) armorer, armourer - an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.; Array is a kind of enlisted man
has particulars: patentee, alexander bell, alexander graham bell, bell, bessemer, sir henry bessemer, browning, john m. browning, john moses browning, burroughs, william seward burroughs, bushnell, david bushnell, father of the submarine, cartwright, edmund cartwright, daguerre, louis jacques mande daguerre, de forest, father of radio, lee de forest, eastman, george eastman, edison, thomas alva edison, thomas edison, fulton, robert fulton, gatling, richard jordan gatling, gillette, king camp gilette, goldmark, peter carl goldmark, peter goldmark, charles goodyear, goodyear, hargreaves, james hargreaves, hero, hero of alexandria, heron, herman hollerith, hollerith, elias howe, howe, jacquard, joseph m. jacquard, joseph marie jacquard, din land, edwin herbert land, land, langley, samuel pierpoint langley, mauser, p. p. von mauser, peter paul mauser, von mauser, maxim, sir hiram stevens maxim, cyrus hall mccormick, cyrus mccormick, mccormick, mergenthaler, ottmar mergenthaler, morse, samuel f. b. morse, samuel finley breese morse, samuel morse, eadweard muybridge, edward james muggeridge, muybridge, elisha graves otis, otis, isaac m. singer, isaac merrit singer, singer, elmer ambrose sperry, sperry, francis edgar stanley, stanley, charles proteus steinmetz, steinmetz, fox talbot, talbot, william henry fox talbot, nikola tesla, tesla, james watt, watt, george westinghouse, westinghouse, sir charles wheatstone, wheatstone, eli whitney, whitney, orville wright, wright, wilbur wright, wright, count ferdinand von zeppelin, zeppelin
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
CIDE DICTIONARY
artificer, n. [Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL. artificiarius.].
- An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith. [1913 Webster]
- One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer. Milton. [1913 Webster]"The great Artificer of all that moves." [1913 Webster]
- A cunning or artful fellow. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
artificer, n.
1 an inventor.
2 a craftsman.
3 a skilled mechanic in the armed forces.
1 an inventor.
2 a craftsman.
3 a skilled mechanic in the armed forces.
Etymology
ME f. AF, prob. alt. of OF artificien
ROGET THESAURUS
artificer
Agent
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.
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