Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - architect

 noun  Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Latin ~us, from Greek architekton master builder, from archi- + tekton builder, carpenter — more at technical  Date: 1563  1. a person who designs buildings and advises in their construction  2. a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking the ~ of American foreign policy ARCHITECTONIC  adjective  Etymology: Latin ~us, from Greek architektonikos, from architekton  Date: 1645  1. of, relating to, or according with the principles of architecture ; architectural  2. having an organized and unified structure that suggests an architectural design  • ~ally adverb