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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Architect \Ar"chi*tect\ ([aum]r"k[i^]*t[e^]kt), noun [L. architectus, architecton, Gr. ? chief artificer, master builder; pref. 'archi- (E. archi-) + ? workman, akin to ? art, skill, ? to produce: cf. F. architecte, It. architetto. See {Technical}.]
1. A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.
2. A contriver, designer, or maker.
The architects of their own happiness. --Milton.
A French woman is a perfect architect in dress. --Coldsmith.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
architect
noun: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) [syn: {designer}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "architect": a, actor, agent, ancestors, apprentice, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, civil architect, conceiver, constructor, contriver, craftsman, creator, designer, developer, deviser, discoverer, doer, effector, engenderer, engineer, enterpriser, entrepreneur, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, father, founder, framer, generator, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, landscape architect, landscape gardener, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, medium, mother, mover, operant, operative, operator, organizer, originator, past master, patriarch, performer, perpetrator, planner, practitioner, precursor, prime mover, producer, projector, promoter, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, strategian, strategist, subject, tactician, urbanist, worker, wright
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ARCHITECT, noun One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
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