Blacksmith Definition & Meaning

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British

Etymology

Examples

Synonyms blacksmith American [blak-smith] / ˈblækˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. a person who makes horseshoes and shoes horses.

2. a person who forges objects of iron.

3. a blackish damselfish, Chromis punctipinnis, inhabiting coastal waters off southern California.

blacksmith British / ˈblækˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. an artisan who works iron with a furnace, anvil, hammer, etc

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Etymology

Origin of blacksmith

1250–1300; Middle English; black (in reference to iron or black metal), smith ( def. ); whitesmith

Example Sentences

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So he reduced the business, now run by his son Gareth, to a manageable size with his son-in-law blacksmith and two daughters also involved.

From BBC

She might have slept longer, after the exhausting hike of the previous day, but that plunk—plunk—plunking sound was as insistent as a blacksmith’s hammer.

From Literature

The game was played on a field behind the shop of the local blacksmith.

From The Wall Street Journal

Became a blacksmith — he put the shoes on the horses that Barton and his constables were going to use to pursue Las Manillas.

From Los Angeles Times

Les Capon, project manager with AOC Archaeology, said he believed part of the area could have been a blacksmith's workshop after discovering evidence of a forge and an anvil.

From BBC

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