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• goldsmith
  goldsmith

  noun

  a person who makes or sells articles of gold.
• Goldsmith
  Goldsmith

  noun

  Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist.

goldsmith

¹ American  

[gohld-smith] / ˈgoʊldˌsmɪθ /

noun

• goldsmiths
  plural

1. a person who makes or sells articles of gold.

2. (formerly) such a person also acting as a banker, moneylender, etc.

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Goldsmith ² American  

[gohld-smith] / ˈgoʊldˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist.

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goldsmith ¹ British  

/ ˈɡəʊldˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. 1. a dealer in articles made of gold

   2. an artisan who makes such articles

2. (formerly) a dealer or manufacturer of gold articles who also engaged in banking or other financial business

3. (in Malaysia) a Chinese jeweller

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Goldsmith ² British  

/ ˈɡəʊldˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. Oliver. ?1730–74, Irish poet, dramatist, and novelist. His works include the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• goldsmiths
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of goldsmith

before 1000; Middle English, Old English. See gold, smith

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Example Sentences

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The son of a goldsmith, Yunus was born in 1940 into a well-off family in the port city of Chittagong, now Chattogram.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

There, Susan met Giorgos Xenarios, a goldsmith and jewelry maker 27 years her senior who, after many love letters, telegrams, intercontinental trips and one very firm ultimatum, migrated to the U.S. in 1974.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Reserva de la Familia Extra Añejo tequila is another great tequila option, complete with a beautiful gift box by Mexican sculptor, goldsmith, and leatherer Ana Pellicer.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

“Antique shops are in the area, as well as the shop and studio of Hellmut Cordes, German goldsmith and fashioner of old world custom jewelry,” reads the County Star article.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

She went to the village goldsmith and had her heavy wedding ring melted down and made into a thin bangle with snake heads that she put away for Rahel.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

New Zealand's Defence Minister Paul Goldsmith said the circumstances around the resignation would come as a "great disappointment" to many in the armed forces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Goldsmith is now calling on others to be vaccinated against the illness, describing the experience as "the most traumatic thing we've had to go through".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

We’ll dive into the issues reshaping medicine with Revolution Medicines president and CEO Mark Goldsmith, Regeneron co-founder and chief scientific officer George Yancopoulos and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Justice minister Paul Goldsmith said the legislation would give certainty to businesses around their climate obligations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Reyna recognized this place: the Goldsmith Winery on the north shore of Long Island.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

When Captain John Smith and the British colonists first came to the Jamestown colony in Virginia in the early 17th century, he recorded two goldsmiths, a jeweler and two refiners on the ship, Gordon says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Many others were artisans, including goldsmiths and jewelers, unused to the hard physical labor that building a colony on a new continent required.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

She now designs pieces that are produced by about 30 freelance goldsmiths using gold recovered from electronics as well as dental waste, like gold fillings.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2022

Cathedral restorers hope to collaborate with the Louvre for the restoration of “the Mays,” 76 large paintings of the Acts of the Apostles donated between 1630 and 1707 by Parisian goldsmiths.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021

The goldsmiths and silversmiths hammered away, with small hammers, at gold leaf.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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