Definition of: demiurge

(dem′ē·ûrj) noun
1. In Plato's philosophy, the creator of the material universe.
2. In the Gnostic systems, Jehovah as an emanation of the Supreme Being; creator of the material world: sometimes also regarded as the creator of evil.
3. One of a class of public officers or magistrates in several ancient Peloponnesian states. Also dem′i·ur′·gus (-ûr′gəs), dem′i·ur′gos. [<Gk. demiourgos skilled or public worker <dēmos people + ergein work]
—dem′i·ur′geous (-jəs), dem′i·ur′gic, dem′i·ur′gi·cal adjective