artificer

[ahr-tif-uh-ser]

noun

1. a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor.

2. a skillful or artistic worker; craftsperson.

artificer

/ ɑːˈtɪfɪsə /

noun

1. a skilled craftsman

2. a clever or inventive designer

3. a serviceman trained in mechanics

Word History and Origins

Origin of artificer¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French artificer, perhaps < Medieval Latin artificiārius; artifice, -er ²

Example Sentences

He quickly rose through the ranks to become an “artificer” — a special rank reserved for expert artillerymen — with Company H of the 1st Artillery Regiment at Fort Independence in Massachusetts.

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He was a Romantic artificer of worlds in motion, who saw before anyone else that the economy itself had the majesty of a mountain range, that a steam engine had the power of a riptide.

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Recently, a wizard, a druid, a cleric, a ranger, an artificer and a couple of bards met on Zoom.

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In other words, Gowar, as an ingenious artificer herself, locates her most authentic reality in artifice and art.

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I allowed I did not carry arms among the rebels, but dug among the artificers.

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Related Words

• builder 
• carpenter 
• craftsman 
• professional