architect

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On second thought he added that the architect was at that moment coming up the street, and the best plan, perhaps, would be to submit her wishes to him.

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  1. noun One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures.
  2. noun One that plans or devises: a country considered to be the chief architect of war in the Middle East.

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  • Next, Leo and his boss Julia the architect are at the entrance to their building, receiving a huge gift basket of fruit. —  AllYourTV.com: Your Complete Guide To All Things TV
  • Mr. Barthelme the architect was also given to cleverness and mischief similar to his son's: when he designed Texas's Hall of State, he had carved into the frieze of the building the names of fifty-nine legendary Texans. —  Powell's Books: Overview
  • Nora gets a little overexcited with the appletinis, but Roger the architect is there to help. —  Television Without Pity
  • Your architect was a fine artist, or is it your own taste--all this Hélčne nodded. —  The Music Master Novelized from the Play
  • "The tapestry and pictures and statuary of course add greatly to its general appearance, but you are quite right--the architect was an artist He must have been," commented Von Barwig, looking about approvingly Illustration: Anton learns that his newly found daughter is to be married Are you looking at that cabinet, the one with the dolls in it? —  The Music Master Novelized from the Play
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  1. Latin architectus, from Greek arkhitektōn : arkhi-, archi- + tektōn, builder; see teks- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French architecte = Italian architetto, from Latin architectus, also architecton, from Greek ἀρχιτέκτων, chief builder, chief artificer, from ἀρχι-, chief, + τέκτων, a worker, especially in wood, a carpenter, joiner, builder: see tectonic.
 

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