artificer

[ ahr-tif-uh-ser ]
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noun
  1. a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor.

  2. a skillful or artistic worker; craftsperson.

Origin of artificer

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Anglo-French artificer, perhaps <Medieval Latin artificiārius;see artifice, -er2

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British Dictionary definitions for artificer

artificer

/ (ɑːˈtɪfɪsə) /


noun
  1. a skilled craftsman

  2. a clever or inventive designer

  1. a serviceman trained in mechanics

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