silversmith
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈsɪlvərˌsmɪθ/
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platero
- In the 1560s, the city had approximately 300 painters and sculptors and 124 gold- and silversmiths.
- gold- and silversmiths
- jewelers and silversmiths
Examples
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In a silversmith's window, a pair of turquoise earrings caught her eye.
Fiction book (1991) -
Adrien Loyer came to Savannah as a silversmith and combined that trade with clocksmithing.
Academic text (2007) -
"My father was a leading silversmith; my mama was once a fine lady whose circumstances were reduced when he died.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her father was a silversmith.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was a silversmith in Philadelphia, and he was quite talented and quite wealthy, and his dress and his confident pose reflect that.
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Skilled enlisted men worked as barbers, silversmiths, or farmers.
Academic text (2011) -
Childhood friends and collaborators since 1972, Johnson is the largely self-taught silversmith and Bird the perceptive designer.
Academic text (2010) -
His preaching had angered Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines for the goddess.
Fiction book (1994) -
Similarly, small enclaves of cheroot factories, silversmiths, and gold-leaf making can be found along the raised wooden walkways that serve as streets.
Academic text (2004) -
The talented silversmith crafted a beautiful silver necklace for the couple's anniversary.
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
A person who makes or repairs things made of silver
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Silversmith joins silver, meaning 'the metal', and smith, meaning 'a worker who shapes metal'. Like blacksmith, a silversmith makes and repairs objects from silver.