Dem″i‐urge (?), n. [Gr. δημιουργόσ a worker for the people, a workman, especially the maker of the world, the Creator; δήμιοσ belonging to the people (fr. δη̑μοσ the people) + ἔργον a work.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.
2. God, as the Maker of the world.
3. According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.