/ ˈɑːkɪtekt; NAmE ˈɑːrk-/ noun
1.
a person whose job is designing buildings, etc.
2.
a person who is responsible for planning or creating an idea, an event or a situation :
He was one of the principal architects of the revolution.
Jones was the architect of the team's first goal.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French architecte , from Italian architetto , via Latin from Greek arkhitektōn , from arkhi- chief + tektōn builder.