Artificer

Definition: Artificer

Artificer

Noun

1. Someone who is the first to think of or make something.

2. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.

3. An enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.

Date "artificer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Artificer \Ar*tif"i*cer\, noun. [Compare to the French expression artificier, from Late Latin expression artificiarius.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Artificer a person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22; Isa. 3:3). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Artificer

Synonyms: armorer (n), armourer (n), artisan (n), craftsman (n), discoverer (n), inventor (n), journeyman (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agent	Maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan; carpenter; ganger, platelayer; blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Artificer

English words defined with "artificer": Countermark ♦ Manualist, Manuary ♦ Opificer. (references)

Specialty definitions using "artificer": ORDNANCE-ARTIFICER HELPER. (references)

Etymologies containing "artificer": Artifice ♦ Opificer. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	No surrender: the story of William E. Johns, D.S.M., Chief Ordnance Artificer, and how he survived after the eventual sinking of the H.M.S. Exeter in the Java Sea in March 1942 (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Henry David Thoreau	Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Artificer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "Artificer" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	88.24%	15	90,616
Noun (proper)	11.76%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	17	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "artificer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shpikës (inventive, inventor, minter, originative, originator), novator (innovator, innovatory), mjeshtër (artisan, artist, dab, jack of all trades, master, mechanic, nailer, nark, old hand, overseer, workman). (various references)

Arabic		‏المخترع (inventor), ‏الصناع (proficient, skilled). (various references)

Bulgarian		създател (author, constitutor, creator, former, founder, generator, inventor, maker, molder, moulder, originator), майстор (artisan, artist, craftsman, dab, foreman, hand, master, swell, workman), занаятчия (artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, master, mechanic, operative, tradesman, workman). (various references)

Chinese		设计者 (Projector). (various references)

Czech		řemeslník (artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, tradesman). (various references)

Danish		artillerimekaniker (artillery artificer). (various references)

Dutch		artilleriemechanicus (artillery artificer), geschutmaker (ordnance artificer). (various references)

French		pyrotechnicien. (various references)

German		Feuerwerker. (various references)

Greek		τεχνίτησ (artisan, craftsman, mechanic, operative, workman). (various references)

Hungarian		okozó (agent, begetter, causative, causer, causing, maker, occasioning, originator, prime mover, puckery), mesterember (artisan, craftsman), mechanikus, műszerész (mechanician, operator), kézműves (craftsman, craftsmen), iparos (artisan, industrialist, tradesman, tradesmen), feltaláló (contriver, discoverer, fabricator, inventor), felbujtó (abetting, accessory before the fact, impeller, instigator, prompter, suborner), fegyvermester (armorer, armourer, gunsmith, provost-marshal), alkotó (begetter, builder, coiner, component, composer, constituent, constitutive, creative, creator, generative, generator, generatrix, maker, originator, procreative). (various references)

Indonesian		tukang (craftsman, skilled laborer). (various references)

Italian		artigiano (artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, workman). (various references)

Korean		기� 공 (technician). (various references)

Manx		fer keirdey (craftsman, tradesman). (various references)

Pig Latin		artificeray

Portuguese		artesão (artisan, coffer, craftsman, operative), artífice (craftsman, inventor, mechanic, workman). (various references)

Romanian		meşteşugar (artisan, craftsman, mechanic, workman). (various references)

Russian		слесарь (fitter, locksmith, machinist, mechanic), ремесленник (artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, tradesman), изобретатель (contriver, deviser, devisor, inventor, originator). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pronalazač (deviser, discoverer, inventor), majstor (artisan, maestro, master, repairer, repairman). (various references)

Turkish		zanaatkâr asker, zanaatkâr (artisan), sanatkâr (artist, craftsman), sanatçı (artist, craftsman, long-haired, performer), esnaf (artisan, tradesman, tradespeople). (various references)

Ukrainian		слюсарь, ремісник (artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, tradesman), технік (technician, technologist), винахідник (contriver, deviser, inventor, originator), механік (machinist, mechanic, mechanician, operative, operator, tender). (various references)

Vietnamese		người sáng chế (deviser, inventor), người phát minh thợ thủ công. (various references)

Welsh		saer (carpenter, mason, wright), crefftwr (artisan, craftsman), celfyddwr (artist). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 4, Verse 22
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Sella de eteken kai auth ton qobel kai hn sfurokopoV calkeuV calkou kai sidhrou adelfh de qobel noema
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sella quoque genuit Thubalcain qui fuit malleator et faber in cuncta opera aeris et ferri soror vero Thubalcain Noemma
Old English	990	West Saxon	Þat oþer wif Sella acende Tubalcain, þe wæs sclecgwirhta, ond smið on eallum weorcum æres ond ysenes. His swistor hatte Nohema.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Sella forsothe gate Tubalcaym, that was an hamer smyth, and a smyth into alle werkis of bras and of yrun; the sister forsothe of Tubalcaym, Noema.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave in brasse and yeron. And Tubalcains syster was called Naema.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
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Language	Genesis Chapter 4, Verse 22
Cebuano	Ug si Zilla usab nanganak kang Tubal-Cain nga magsasalsal sa tanang galamiton nga tumbaga ug puthaw; ug ang igsoon nga babaye ni Tubal-Cain mao si Naama.
Croatian	Sila rodi Tubal-Kajina, praoca onih koji kuju bakar i željezo. Tubal-Kajinovoj sestri bijaše ime Naama.
Danish	Også Zilla fik en Søn, Tubal-Kajin; han blev Stamfader til alle dem, der smeder Kobber og Jern. Tubal-Kajins Søster var Na'ama.
Dutch	En Zilla baarde ook Tubal-kain, een leermeester van allen werker in koper en ijzer; en de zuster van Tubal-kain was Naema.
Finnish	Myöskin Silla synnytti pojan, Tuubal-Kainin; hänestä tuli kaikkinaisten vaski- ja rauta-aseiden takoja. Ja Tuubal-Kainin sisar oli Naema.
French	Tsilla, de son côté, enfanta Tubal Caïn, qui forgeait tous les instruments d`airain et de fer. La soeur de Tubal Caïn était Naama.
German	Die Zilla aber gebar auch, nämlich den Thubalkain, den Meister in allerlei Erz-und Eisenwerk. Und die Schwester des Thubalkain war Naema.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Zila melahirkan Tubal-Kain, dan keturunannya membuat segala macam perkakas dari tembaga dan besi. Adik perempuan Tubal-Kain bernama Naama.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka Zila itupun beranaklah Tubal-Kain, ia itu seorang tukang menempa segala perkakas dari pada tembaga dam besi; maka adik perempuan Tubal-Kain itu Naema namanya.
Italian	Zilla a sua volta partorì Tubalk� in, il fabbro, padre di quanti lavorano il rame e il ferro. La sorella di Tubalk� in fu Naama.
Maori	Me Tira ano hoki, whanau ake tana ko Tuparakaina, he kaihanga ia i nga mea tapahi katoa i te mea parahi, i te mea rino: a ko Naama te tuahine o Tuparakaina.
Norwegian	Og Silla fødte Tubalkain; han smidde alle slags skarpe redskaper av kobber og jern; og Tubalkains søster var Na'ama.
Portuguese	A Zila também nasceu um filho, Tubal-Caim, fabricante de todo instrumento cortante de cobre e de ferro; e a irmã de Tubal-Caim foi Naama.
Rumanian	Yila, de partea ei, a nqscut wi ea pe Tubal-Cain, fquritorul tuturor uneltelor de aramq wi de fer. Sora lui Tubal-Cain era Naama.
Spanish	Zila también dio a luz a Tubal-caín, maestro de todos los que trabajan el bronce y el hierro. Y la hermana de Tubal-caín fue Naama.
Swedish	Men Silla födde ock en son, Tubal-Kain; han var smed och gjorde alla slags redskap av koppar och järn. Och Tubal-Kains syster var Naama.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "artificer": artificers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Artificer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: artficer, artficier, artiface, artifce, artifece, artifica, Artificum, artigice. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "artificer" (pronounced 'Ar*tif"i*cer'): Adducer, Advancer, Affiancer, Amercer, Amphimacer, Announcer, Balancer, Bouncer, Bracer, Chiromancer, Conveyancer, Convincer, Countenancer, Dancer, Defacer, Embracer, Encumbrancer, Filacer, Fleecer, Forcer, Geomancer, greengrocer, grocer, inducer, lancer, macer, Menacer, mercer, mincer, Morricer, Necromancer, Noticer, Nuisancer, Opificer, PACER, Penitencer, Piecer, Practicer, Prancer, Prefacer, Producer, Pronouncer, Racer, Rejoicer, Remembrancer, Renouncer, Reverencer, Romancer, ropedancer, sacrificer. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-i-r-r-t"
	-1 letter: artifice, craftier, criteria, ferritic, ratifier, terrific.
	-2 letters: cirrate, erratic, refract.
	-3 letters: airier, artier, carter, crater, fairer, farcer, farcie, ferric, fiacre, fracti, frater, iatric, irater, racier, rafter, tracer.
	-4 letters: afire, afrit, after, airer, areic, carer, caret, carte, cater, ceria, cirri, citer, craft, crate, crier, erica, facer, facet, farce, farci, farer, feria, firer, friar, frier, icier.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-i-i-r-r-t"
	+1 letter: artificers, fratricide.
	+2 letters: fratricides.
	+3 letters: refractivity, terrifically.
	+4 letters: certificatory, ferrimagnetic.
	+5 letters: prefabricating, prefabrication, reconfirmation, refractivities.
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