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artificer

UK/ɑːˈtɪfɪsə//ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/

artificer noun: someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.

Noun

artificer (plural artificers)

  1. Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
    • And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:22
  2. An inventor.
  3. A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
  4. A trickster.
  5. A savant.

artificer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

artificer in Tamil

கைவினைஞர், புதிதுபுனைபவர்

artificer in Urdu

ہنر مند, پیشہ ور, صنعت کار

artificer in Bengali

দক্ষ কারিগর, নির্মাতা

artificer in Malayalam

ശില്പി, കൗശലപ്പണിക്കാരൻ, യന്ത്രപ്പണിക്കാരൻ, കൊല്ലൻ
More languagesFewer languages
artificer in Sanskrit
शिल्पिन् śilpin

Forms of artificer

pluralartificers

Origin of artificer

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

Words formed from artificer

Questions about artificer

What does artificer mean?
Artificer means someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
What is artificer in Tamil?
Artificer in Tamil is கைவினைஞர், புதிதுபுனைபவர். See Artificer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is artificer?
Artificer is a noun.
How do you pronounce artificer?
Artificer is pronounced /ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of artificer?
The plural of artificer is artificers.

Words near artificer in the dictionary

  1. artifactually
  2. artifical
  3. artification
  4. artifice
  5. artificed
  6. artificer
  7. artificers
  8. artificership
  9. artificerships
  10. artifices
  11. artificial

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: artificer (page history and authors); artificer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); artificer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); artificer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); artificer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शिल्पिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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