artificer

English

Etymology

From Middle English artificer, from Middle French artificier, from Latin artificiarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ɑɹtɪˈfɪsɚ/

Noun

artificer (plural artificers)

1. Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:22:

     And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

2. An inventor.
3. A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
4. A trickster.
5. A savant.

Derived terms

• artificership

 

Translations

artisan — see artisan

inventor — see inventor

member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems

• Catalan: artificier m, artificiera f
• Finnish: mekaanikko (fi)
• French: armurier (fr) m, artificier (fr) m
• Spanish: armero (es) m, artificiero m

trickster — see trickster

savant — see savant

References

• “artificer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “artificer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• artificere, artificeer, artifycer, artyfycer, artificier, artiffycer

Etymology

From Middle French artificier, from Latin artificiārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /artifəˈsɛːr/

Noun

artificer (plural artificers)

1. A crafter or artisan; a maker of crafts.
2. (rare) A creative individual.
3. (rare) A sly or tricky individual.

Descendants

• English: artificer

References

• “artificēr, -iēr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-19.