artificer

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈtɪfəsəɹ/

artificer (plural artificers)

1. Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 4:22:

     And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

2. An inventor.
3. A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
4. A trickster.
5. A savant.

• artificer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• artificer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• artificere, artificeer, artifycer, artyfycer, artificier, artiffycer

From Middle French artificier, from Latin artificiārius.

• IPA^(key): /artifəˈsɛːr/

artificer (plural artificers)

1. A crafter or artisan; a maker of crafts.
2. (rare) A creative individual.
3. (rare) A sly or tricky individual.

• “artificēr, -iēr (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-19.