Architect Definition
ärkĭ-tĕkt
architects
noun
architects
One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures.
American Heritage
A person whose profession is designing and drawing up plans for buildings, bridges, etc. and generally supervising the construction.
Webster's New World
One that plans, devises, or organizes something.
A country that was the war's chief architect.
American Heritage
Any similar designer in a specialized field.
A naval architect.
Webster's New World
Any planner or creator.
The architects of our Constitution.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- designer
- urbanist
- strategian
- designer of buildings
- urban-planner
- director of building
- director of construction
- architectural engineer
- structural engineer
- draftsman
- landscape architect
- planner
- artist
- civil architect
- environmental engineer
verb
To plan, organize, and bring to fruition.
Architected a web-based application.
American Heritage
To design, plan, or orchestrate.
He architected the military coup against the government.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Architect
Noun
Singular:
architectPlural:
architectsOrigin of Architect
Middle French architecte, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitektōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (tektōn, “builder”).
From Wiktionary
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Latin architectus from Greek arkhitektōn arkhi- archi- tektōn builder teks- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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