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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Artificer a person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22; Isa. 3:3).
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