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artificer n. 工匠,巧匠 工匠,巧匠 artificer n 1: someone who is the first to think of or make something [ synonym: { inventor}, { discoverer}, { artificer}] 2: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft [ synonym: { craftsman}, { artisan}, { journeyman}, { artificer}] 3: an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. [ synonym: { armorer}, { armourer}, { artificer}] Artificer \ Ar* tif" i* cer\, n. [ Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL. artificiarius.] 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith. [ 1913 Webster] 2. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer. " Artificer of fraud." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The great Artificer of all that moves. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A cunning or artful fellow. [ Obs.] -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Mil.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Artisan; artist. See { Artisan}. [ 1913 Webster] |
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