artificer
Americannoun
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a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor.
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a skillful or artistic worker; craftsperson.
noun
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a skilled craftsman
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a clever or inventive designer
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a serviceman trained in mechanics
Etymology
Origin of artificer
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French artificer, perhaps < Medieval Latin artificiārius; artifice, -er 2
Example Sentences
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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.
From Washington Post
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.
From New York Times
Recently, a wizard, a druid, a cleric, a ranger, an artificer and a couple of bards met on Zoom.
From New York Times
In other words, Gowar, as an ingenious artificer herself, locates her most authentic reality in artifice and art.
From New York Times
I allowed I did not carry arms among the rebels, but dug among the artificers.
From Literature
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