artificer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who is the first to think of or make something
  2. noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
  3. noun an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

inventor, discoverer

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