(a) One who acts, a doer; one who behaves in a particular way; the doer (of a deed); a perpetrator (of wickedness); a worker (of miracles); (b) one who acts in contrast to one who remains inactive, an active performer of scriptural injunctions in contrast to a mere listener, a perpetrator of a wrong in contrast to the sufferer.

(a) Someone or something that brings something about; the cause or source (of sth.); physiol. the promoter (of a natural process); phil. ~ of the principal effect, the first cause, prime mover;—used with ref. to God; (b) something displaying therapeutic efficacy, a remedy.

(a) A laborer; a hired worker; one who does menial or servile tasks, a servant; ~ of feldes, feld ~; annuel ~; ful ~, ?a diligent worker;—used in fig. context; vine ~, a vineyard worker; (b) a practitioner of a skilled trade, craft, or occupation, a craftsman, an artisan; ~ in gemmes (in silver, of bras, with nedles); metal ~, a metalworker, smith; chef ~, ?a master artisan; tre ~, a carpenter; (c) a medical practitioner, surgeon; ~ of phisike and cirurgie; crafti (manual) ~, one who performs surgical procedures rather than concerning himself with theory.

(a) A maker of crafted objects, fabricator; one who works on or with raw materials to produce a finished product; also fig.; ~ of moneies, a coiner; cloth ~, a clothmaker, ?weaver; (b) a creator;—used chiefly of God; first ~.

As surname; ?also as a given name [2nd quot.].