Artificer
Ar·tif·i·cer
Artificer
n.
- An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
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One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
The great Artificer of all that moves.
- A cunning or artful fellow. [Obs.]
- A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. (Mil.)