I. ˈärkəˌtekt, ˈȧk- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, architecton, from Greek architektōn chief artificer, master builder, from archi- + tektōn workman, carpenter — more at technical
1. : a person skilled in the art of building : a professional student of architecture or one who makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of and to draw up specifications for buildings and to superintend their execution — compare landscape architect , marine architect
2. : one that plans and achieves especially an objective that is felt to be the product of painstaking construction
the … architects of Portugal's … empire in the Far East — S.E.Morison
the great architect of the military victory — Time
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to plan and contrive as an architect
the book is not well architected — Times Literary Supplement