I.one who works for the people, a skilled workman, handicraftsman, Od., etc.; of medical practitioners, Plat.; of sculptors, id=Plat.:—generally, a framer, maker; λόγων Aeschin.; πειθοῦς δημιουργὸς ἡ ῥητορική Plat.: metaph., ὄρθρος δημιοεργός morn that calls man to work, Hhymn.
2.the Maker of the world, Xen., Plat.
II.in some Peloponnesian states, the name of a magistrate, Thuc., Dem.