1.  artificer(n = noun.person) discoverer, inventor - someone who is the first to think of or make something;
is a kind of creator
has particulars: patentee, alexander bell, alexander graham bell, 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, father of radio, lee de forest, eastman, george eastman, edison, thomas alva edison, thomas edison, fulton, robert fulton, gatling, richard jordan gatling, gillette, king camp gilette, goldmark, peter carl goldmark, peter goldmark, charles goodyear, goodyear, hargreaves, james hargreaves, hero, hero of alexandria, heron, herman hollerith, hollerith, elias howe, howe, jacquard, joseph m. jacquard, joseph marie jacquard, din land, edwin herbert land, land, langley, samuel pierpoint langley, mauser, p. p. von mauser, peter paul mauser, von mauser, maxim, sir hiram stevens maxim, cyrus hall mccormick, cyrus mccormick, mccormick, mergenthaler, ottmar mergenthaler, morse, samuel f. b. morse, samuel finley breese morse, samuel morse, eadweard muybridge, edward james muggeridge, muybridge, elisha graves otis, otis, isaac m. singer, isaac merrit singer, singer, elmer ambrose sperry, sperry, francis edgar stanley, stanley, charles proteus steinmetz, steinmetz, fox talbot, talbot, william henry fox talbot, nikola tesla, tesla, james watt, watt, george westinghouse, westinghouse, sir charles wheatstone, wheatstone, eli whitney, whitney, orville wright, wright, wilbur wright, wright, count ferdinand von zeppelin, zeppelin

2.  artificer(n = noun.person) artisan, craftsman, journeyman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft;
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
has particulars: beautician, cosmetician, bookbinder, bricklayer, clockmaker, clocksmith, coachbuilder, construction worker, hard hat, barrel maker, cooper, coppersmith, currier, die-sinker, diemaker, diesinker, glassblower, glass-cutter, glass cutter, glassworker, glazer, glazier, gold-beater, goldbeater, hairdresser, hairstylist, styler, stylist, luthier, machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic, mason, stonemason, miller, paperer, paperhanger, pipe fitter, plumber, ceramicist, ceramist, potter, thrower, rigger, roofer, rope-maker, ropemaker, roper, steamfitter, tanner, animal stuffer, stuffer, taxidermist, upholsterer, weaver, welder, window dresser, window trimmer, woodman, woodsman, woodworker, wright, morris, william morris

3.  artificer(n = noun.person) armorer, armourer - an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.;
is a kind of enlisted man

1.  An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith. [1913 Webster]

2.  One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer. Milton. [1913 Webster]
"The great Artificer of all that moves." [1913 Webster]

3.  A cunning or artful fellow. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

4.  A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. [1913 Webster]

artificer, n.
1 an inventor.
2 a craftsman.
3 a skilled mechanic in the armed forces.

Etymology:
ME f. AF, prob. alt. of OF artificien

N  doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.