ARTIFICER

artificer. artificer, handicrafts-man

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Artificer. Artificer
A person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22; Isa. 3:3).

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artificer. Artificer, n. an artist, manufacturer, contriver

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Ar‐tif″i‐cer (�), n. [[Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL. artificiarius.]] 1. 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
2. 2. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer. “Artificer of fraud.” Milton.
The great Artificer of all that moves. Cowper. 3. 3. A cunning or artful fellow. B. Jonson.
4. 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.