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artificer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

artificer (plural artificers)

  • Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
    • ✤ And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.1
  • An inventor.
  • A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
  • A trickster.
  • A savant.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA: (US)/ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/, (US)/ɑɹtɪˈfɪsɚ/
  • IPA: (UK)/ɑːˈtɪfɪsə/
  • Audio (US): 🔊

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Footnotes

  1. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:22: ↩

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