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goldsmith

goldsmith

15 4.8
A person who makes jewelry and other things from gold
  • noun
  • /ˈɡoʊldˌsmɪθ/
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  • After months of planning, the goldsmith presented his latest jewelry collection at the art fair.
  • goldsmith's work

Now once, once in the past, there was a Goldsmith and he said to somebody who was carrying a chunk of gold.

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Examples

  • If he has two sons, one of them may become an apprentice to another goldsmith who has no son.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I met up with a goldsmith, a man who said he could show me how to make coins.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • "My late father was a goldsmith; I am the youngest of his sons."

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Three banks, two jewelry stores and a goldsmith's shop.

    Dead Heat (1988)

  • The Court Jester left Princess Lenore's room and went to see the Royal Goldsmith.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • It could be because whoever asked the Goldsmith to make this piece supplied the types of motifs they wanted to have.

    The British Museum

  • The goldsmith crafted a beautiful necklace adorned with intricate designs.

  • Every city has its famous goldsmith who creates stunning custom pieces for special occasions.

Synonyms

jeweler
vsgoldsmith
  • US
47 2.8

A person or shop that makes, sells and fixes jewelry like rings and necklaces

emphasizes crafting items from gold rather than retail or repair work
jewelry maker
vsgoldsmith
  • US
1 3.3

A person who makes rings, necklaces or bracelets

focuses specifically on working with gold for jewelry and other objects
metalsmith
vsgoldsmith
1 4.2

A person who makes or repairs metal items by shaping and joining them

limits work to gold specifically for making jewelry and other pieces
gold-worker
vsgoldsmith
7.0

A person who makes jewelry and other things from gold

is the same meaning but written with a hyphen instead of as one word
goldworker
vsgoldsmith
6.8

A person who makes jewelry and other items from gold

is the same meaning but written as a single unhyphenated word

How Skilled

goldsmith
15 4.8
journeyman
9 7.0

Surface Forms

goldsmith singular
goldsmiths plural

Morphology

goldsmith = gold + smith (transparent) = gold + smith

The compound denotes a smith who works with gold; the meaning is directly predictable from its parts.

Etymology

The word goldsmith comes from the two simple parts gold and smith, where smith means 'maker' or 'worker', as in blacksmith or silversmith. So a goldsmith is literally a person who makes things from gold, which is why today it means someone who makes gold jewelry and other objects.