artificer

ar·tif·i·cer  (är-tf-sr)

n.

1. A skilled worker; a craftsperson.

2. One that contrives, devises, or constructs something: "The labyrinth . . . was built by Daedalus, a most skillful artificer" (Thomas Bulfinch).

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artificer [art-tiff-iss-er]

Noun

a skilled craftsman

Thesaurus

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 die-sinker, diemaker, diesinker - 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 gold-beater, goldbeater - 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 rope-maker, ropemaker, 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