/ahr"ki tekt'/ , n.
1. a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
2. a person professionally engaged in the design of certain large constructions other than buildings and the like: landscape architect; naval architect.
3. the deviser, maker, or creator of anything: the architects of the Constitution of the United States.
v.t.
4. to plan, organize, or structure as an architect: The house is well architected.
[ 1555-65; architectus architékton, equiv. to Gk archi- ARCHI- + tekton builder, craftsman ]