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Architect - 4 dictionary results

ar⋅chi⋅tect

[ahr-ki-tekt]
–noun
1. a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
2. a person professionally engaged in the design of certain large constructions other than buildings and the like: landscape architect; naval architect.
3. the deviser, maker, or creator of anything: the architects of the Constitution of the United States.
–verb (used with object)
4. to plan, organize, or structure as an architect: The house is well architected.

Origin:
1555–65; < L architectus < Gk architéktōn, equiv. to Gk archi- archi- + tektōn builder, craftsman
ar·chi·tect   (är'kĭ-těkt')   
n.  
  1. One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures.
  2. One that plans or devises: a country considered to be the chief architect of war in the Middle East.

[Latin architectus, from Greek arkhitektōn : arkhi-, archi- + tektōn, builder; see teks- in Indo-European roots.]

Architect

Ar"chi*tect\ ([aum]r"k[i^]*t[e^]kt), n. [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.
Language Translation for : Architect
Spanish: arquitecto,
German: der, *die Architekt(in),
Japanese: 建築家

architect 
1563, from M.Fr. architecte, from L. architectus, from Gk. arkhitekton "master builder," from arkhi- "chief" (see archon) + tekton "builder, carpenter" (see texture). Architecture also is from 1563.
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