Dēm'i-ŭrge, n.

n. [Gr. δημιουργός, working for the people, a workman, especially the maker of the world, the creator; from δῆμος, belonging to the people, from δῆμος, the people, and ἔργον, a work.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The highest magistrate in several Grecian cities.

2. God as the creator and former of the world.
3. The creator of the world and of man from matter;—so called by the Gnostics, and regarded by them as the original source of every thing evil.