ARCHITECT

architect, designer

(noun) someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

architect (plural architects)

A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.

A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.

(Philippines) A title given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.

Verb

architect (third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)

(transitive) To design, plan, or orchestrate.

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"chi*tect, n. Etym: [L. architectus, architecton, Gr. archi-) + 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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