architect

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.

2. 2
   noun

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

   Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

3. 3
   verb

   To design, plan, or orchestrate.

   He architected the military coup against the government.

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

   An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.

Etymology

From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”). By surface analysis, archi- + -tect.