| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·chi·tect |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är k -t kt |
| NOUN: | 1. One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures. 2. One that plans or devises: a country considered to be the chief architect of war in the Middle East. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin architectus, from Greek arkhitekt n : arkhi-, archi- + tektn, builder; see teks- in Appendix I.
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