From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Artificer \Ar*tif"i*cer\, noun [Cf. F. artificier, fr. LL. artificiarius.]
1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
2. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer. ''Artificer of fraud.'' --Milton.
The great Artificer of all that moves. --Cowper.
3. A cunning or artful fellow. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
4. (Mil.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.
Syn: Artisan; artist. See {Artisan}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: someone who is the first to think of or make something [syn: {inventor}, {discoverer}]
2: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft [syn: {craftsman}, {artisan}, {journeyman}]
3: an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. [syn: {armorer}, {armourer}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Artificer a person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22; Isa. 3:3).
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