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opificer

opificer noun: a person who creates or makes something.

Noun

opificer (plural opificers)

  1. (obsolete) A person who creates or makes something.
    • can it eſcape your penetration,—I defy it,—that ſo many play-wrights, and opificers of chit chat have ever ſince been working upon Trims and my uncle Tobys pattern.1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXIV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, pages 123–124

Forms of opificer

pluralopificers

Origin of opificer

From Latin opifex.

Questions about opificer

What does opificer mean?
Opificer means a person who creates or makes something.
What part of speech is opificer?
Opificer is a noun.
What is the plural of opificer?
The plural of opificer is opificers.

Words near opificer in the dictionary

  1. Opiconsivia
  2. opie
  3. opies
  4. opiferous
  5. opifice
  6. opificer
  7. opificers
  8. opifices
  9. opihi
  10. opiine
  11. opiines

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