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An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

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  1. n. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
  2. n. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
  3. n. A cunning or artful fellow.
  4. n. A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.
  5. n. someone who is the first to think of or make something
  6. n. a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
  7. n. an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
  8. 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith. 2. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer. "Artificer of fraud." Milton. The great Artificer of all that moves. Cowper. 3. A cunning or artful fellow. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 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.
  9. A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also,one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a militarylaboratory.
  10. n:100 n someone who is the first to think of or make something n a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft n an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.