artificer

[ ahr-tif-uh-ser ]

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noun

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

Origin of artificer

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

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How to use artificer in a sentence

Nay, fayth, thou art a reasonable neat artificer, giue the diuell his due.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip Massinger
The artificer-engineer shouted, 'Now for it; don't forget what you have to do—21 knots, if she never does it again.'
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald Hurd
Artifice, art′i-fis, n. artificer's work: a contrivance: a trick or fraud.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various
Gadallah worked with his father in the shop, and being a cunning artificer, assisted to support the family.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 | Various
But the operations of this useful artificer were even more difficult than those of the stone-cutters.
Smeaton and Lighthouses | John Smeaton

British Dictionary definitions for artificer

artificer

/ (ɑːˈtɪfɪsə) /

noun

a skilled craftsman
a clever or inventive designer

a serviceman trained in mechanics

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