ar·tif·i·cer

(är-tĭf′ĭ-sər)

1. A skilled worker; a craftsperson.

2. One that contrives, devises, or constructs something: "She was the single artificer of the world / In which she sang" (Wallace Stevens).

3. A deceptive or devious person.

4. A military engineer.

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artificer

(ɑːˈtɪfɪsə)

1. a skilled craftsman

2. a clever or inventive designer

3. (Military) a serviceman trained in mechanics

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ar•tif•i•cer

(ɑrˈtɪf ə sər, ˈɑr tə fə-)

n.

1. a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor.

2. a skillful or artistic worker; craftsperson.

[1350–1400]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	artificer - someone who is the first to think of or make something discoverer, inventor creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things patentee - the inventor to whom a patent is issued
	2.	artificer - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft artisan, journeyman, craftsman beautician, cosmetician - someone who works in a beauty parlor bookbinder - a worker whose trade is binding books bricklayer - a craftsman skilled in building with bricks clockmaker, clocksmith - someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches coachbuilder - a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles construction worker, hard hat - a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. barrel maker, cooper - a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs coppersmith - someone who makes articles from copper currier - a craftsman who curries leather for use diemaker, diesinker, die-sinker - someone who makes dies glassblower - someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass glassworker, glazer, glazier, glass cutter, glass-cutter - someone who cuts flat glass to size goldbeater, gold-beater - an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf hairdresser, hairstylist, styler, stylist - someone who cuts or beautifies hair luthier - a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins) machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic - a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools stonemason, mason - a craftsman who works with stone or brick miller - someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) paperer, paperhanger - one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper pipe fitter, plumber - a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances ceramicist, ceramist, potter, thrower - a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln rigger - someone who rigs ships roofer - a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs ropemaker, rope-maker, roper - a craftsman who makes ropes skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills steamfitter - a craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating tanner - a craftsman who tans skins and hides animal stuffer, stuffer, taxidermist - a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display upholsterer - a craftsman who upholsters furniture weaver - a craftsman who weaves cloth welder - joins pieces of metal by welding them together window dresser, window trimmer - someone who decorates shop windows woodworker, woodman, woodsman - makes things out of wood wright - someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
	3.	artificer - an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. armorer, armourer enlisted man - a male enlisted person in the armed forces

Translations

artificiere pirotecnico