Noun artificer has 3 senses
  1. inventor, discoverer, artificer - someone who is the first to think of or make something
    --1 is a kind of creator
    --1 has particulars:
     patentee; Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell; Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer; Browning, John M. Browning, John Moses Browning; Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs; Bushnell, David Bushnell, Father of the Submarine; Cartwright, Edmund Cartwright; Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre; De Forest, Lee De Forest, The Father of Radio; Eastman, George Eastman; Edison, Thomas Edison, Thomas Alva Edison; Fulton, Robert Fulton; Gatling, Richard Jordan Gatling; Gillette, King Camp Gilette; Goldmark, Peter Goldmark, Peter Carl Goldmark; Goodyear, Charles Goodyear; Hargreaves, James Hargreaves; Hero, Heron, Hero of Alexandria; Hollerith, Herman Hollerith; Howe, Elias Howe; Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard; Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land; Langley, Samuel Pierpoint Langley; Mauser, von Mauser, P. P. von Mauser, Peter Paul Mauser; Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim; McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, Cyrus Hall McCormick; Mergenthaler, Ottmar Mergenthaler; Morse, Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse; Muybridge, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward James Muggeridge; Otis, Elisha Graves Otis; Singer, Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer; Sperry, Elmer Ambrose Sperry; Stanley, Francis Edgar Stanley; Steinmetz, Charles Proteus Steinmetz; Talbot, Fox Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot; Tesla, Nikola Tesla; Watt, James Watt; Westinghouse, George Westinghouse; Wheatstone, Sir Charles Wheatstone; Whitney, Eli Whitney; Wright, Orville Wright; Wright, Wilbur Wright; Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
  2. craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    --2 is a kind of skilled worker, trained worker
    --2 has particulars:
     beautician, cosmetician; bookbinder; bricklayer; clocksmith, clockmaker; coachbuilder; construction worker, hard hat; cooper, barrel maker; coppersmith; currier; diemaker, diesinker, die-sinker; glassblower; glass cutter, glass-cutter, glassworker, glazier, glazer; goldbeater, gold-beater; hairdresser, hairstylist, stylist, styler; luthier; machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic; mason, stonemason; miller; paperhanger, paperer; plumber, pipe fitter; potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramist; rigger; roofer; ropemaker, rope-maker, roper; steamfitter; tanner; taxidermist, animal stuffer, stuffer; upholsterer; weaver; welder; window dresser, window trimmer; woodworker, woodsman, woodman; wright; Morris, William Morris
  3. armorer, armourer, artificer - an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
    --3 is a kind of enlisted man
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