blacksmith

[ blak-smith ]

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

/ ˈblækˌsmɪθ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of blacksmith¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of blacksmith¹

C14: see black , smith

Example Sentences

When her opponents chose a blacksmith as their champion, she produced the same type of defender.

From The Daily Beast

When Ahmadinejad family's moved to Tehran from Aradan, his father, Ahmad, started a new career as a blacksmith.

From The Daily Beast

And for the inescapably materialistic aspirations of that blacksmith, DuBois did not have much regard.

From The Daily Beast

New "plans" for special items that I can have the blacksmith make.

From The Daily Beast

Despite this all-important class difference, Beatriz married the blacksmith.

From The Daily Beast

I shall make it my business to accomplish that fact even though, at present, he thinks a country blacksmith beneath his notice.

From Project Gutenberg

A giant of a fellow with an eye like a hawk and a big black beard that seems, somehow, to suggest a blacksmith.

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Fetching pen and paper, the blacksmith made a rapid computation of what would be due Oliver at any time within the next month.

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A few minutes after the blacksmith left me, I heard the hammer sounding upon the anvil in one of the caverns below.

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Is he like Duclosse the mealman, or Lajeunesse the blacksmith, or Garotte the lime-burner-and the rest?

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