1. A powerful creative force or personality. 2. A public magistrate in some ancient Greek states. 3.Demiurge A deity in Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and other religions who creates the material world and is often viewed as the originator of evil. 4.Demiurge A Platonic deity who orders or fashions the material world out of chaos.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin dmiurgus, from Greek dmiourgos, artisan : dmios, public (from dmos, people; see d- in Appendix I) + ergos, worker (from ergon, work; see werg- in Appendix I).