The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Architect \Ar"chi*tect\ ([aum]r"k[i^]*t[e^]kt), n. [L.
   architectus, architecton, Gr. ? chief artificer, master
   builder; pref. 'archi- (E. archi-) + ? workman, akin to ?
   art, skill, ? to produce: cf. F. architecte, It. architetto.
   See Technical.]
   1. A person skilled in the art of building; one who
      understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to
      form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend
      the artificers employed.
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   2. A contriver, designer, or maker.
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            The architects of their own happiness. --Milton.
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            A French woman is a perfect architect in dress.
                                                  --Coldsmith.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

architect
    n 1: someone who creates plans to be used in making something
         (such as buildings) [syn: architect, designer]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

81 Moby Thesaurus words for "architect":
   a, actor, agent, ancestors, apprentice, artificer, artist, author,
   begetter, beginner, builder, civil architect, conceiver,
   constructor, contriver, craftsman, creator, designer, developer,
   deviser, discoverer, doer, effector, engenderer, engineer,
   enterpriser, entrepreneur, executant, executor, executrix,
   fabricator, father, founder, framer, generator, grower,
   inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor,
   introducer, inventor, journeyman, landscape architect,
   landscape gardener, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman,
   medium, mother, mover, operant, operative, operator, organizer,
   originator, past master, patriarch, performer, perpetrator,
   planner, practitioner, precursor, prime mover, producer, projector,
   promoter, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, strategian,
   strategist, subject, tactician, urbanist, worker, wright



The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

ARCHITECT, n.  One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft
of your money.