Hypertext Webster Gateway: "artificer"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Artificer
a person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22;
Isa. 3:3).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Artificer \Ar*tif"i*cer\, n. [Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL.
artificiarius.]
1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose
occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular
kind, as a silversmith.
2. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or
framer. ``Artificer of fraud.'' --Milton.
The great Artificer of all that moves. --Cowper.
3. A cunning or artful fellow. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
4. (Mil.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter,
etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades,
etc., in a military laboratory.
Syn: Artisan; artist. See {Artisan}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
artificer
n 1: someone who is the first to think of or make something [syn:
{inventor}, {discoverer}]
2: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
[syn: {craftsman}, {artisan}, {journeyman}]
3: an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and
machine guns etc. [syn: {armorer}, {armourer}]
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