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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Engraver \En*grav"er\, noun One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
engraver
noun
1: a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
2: a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "engraver": accountant, amanuensis, archivist, bookkeeper, burinist, carver, cerographer, chalcographer, clerk, documentalist, etcher, filing clerk, gem engraver, graphic artist, graver, inscriber, lapidary, librarian, line engraver, lithographer, marker, notary, notary public, printmaker, prothonotary, pyrographer, record clerk, recorder, recordist, register, registrar, scorekeeper, scorer, scribe, scrivener, secretary, serigrapher, silk-screen artist, stenographer, stonecutter, timekeeper, wood engraver, xylopyrographer
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Engraver Heb. harash (Ex. 35:35; 38:23) means properly an artificer in wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets (Ex. 28:11, 21, 36; Gen. 38:18).
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