Definition of "architect"

architect

/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/

noun
plural architects
1. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
2. A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
  Quotations
  French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.
  2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎
3. (Philippines) An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
verb
third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected
1. (transitive) To design, plan, or orchestrate.
  Quotations
  Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.
  1857, Mary Andrews Denison, Gracie Amber‎
  It is interesting to record that the excavating and the laying of the pipes for the mains have been done by the Corporation employés under the supervision and control of Mr. Harpur, the borough engineer, who, by the way, architected the station.
  1894 December 14, The Electrical Review‎, volume 35, page 720