coppersmith
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈkɑːpərˌsmɪθ/
- In his workshop, the coppersmith repaired an old copper kettle for a customer.
Examples
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Cooper, whose name had been anglicized from Kuper, worked in New York City as a coppersmith, following the same trade his father had practiced.
Academic text (1993) -
In 1458, for instance, Bartolomeo Masi's father, a coppersmith, died; and his godfather, Giusto di Antonio di Giusto, an ironworker, approached his mother and offered to take him into his house as a son.
Academic text (1995) -
Bartolomeo Masi, a fifteenth-century coppersmith, was frequently chosen by other artisans to be their cofather.
Academic text (1995) -
At different times, the bureau also hired bricklayers, a coppersmith, tin smiths, painters, and large numbers of men and women simply listed as laborers.
Academic text (2007) -
His team discovered a number of buildings that served as workshops from the Russian-American period for blacksmiths, woodworkers, coppersmiths, and cobblers.
Academic text (2006) -
The skilled coppersmith crafted beautiful jewelry from copper sheets.
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The coppersmith demonstrated his techniques at the craft fair, impressing many visitors.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who makes things from metal, often by hammering or welding
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4.2
A person who makes or repairs metal items by shaping and joining them
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7.2
A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word coppersmith combines copper ('a red-brown metal') and smith ('a worker who shapes metal'), just like blacksmith or silversmith. So a coppersmith is someone who makes or repairs things from copper.