blacksmith

[ blak-smith ]

/ ˈblækˌsmɪθ /

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noun

a person who makes horseshoes and shoes horses.

a person who forges objects of iron.

a blackish damselfish, Chromis punctipinnis, inhabiting coastal waters off southern California.

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Origin of blacksmith

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

Words nearby blacksmith

black shank, black sheep, Black Shirt, black site, black skimmer, blacksmith, blacksmithing, black smoker, blacksnake, black snakeroot, Blacksplain

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How to use blacksmith in a sentence

Manon and two other survivors married blacksmiths, and those farriers’ hands, hands strong enough to pound metal for hours on end, proved essential to carving homes out of canebrake.
Deported From France as Convicts, These Women Helped Build New Orleans|Joan DeJean|April 26, 2022|Time
This intense fever weakens those metallic bonds, allowing the blacksmith to hammer the metal into shape.
Explainer: What is a metal?|Katie Grace Carpenter|January 12, 2022|Science News For Students
To forge an iron sword, a blacksmith must reposition bajillions of iron atoms.
Explainer: What is a metal?|Katie Grace Carpenter|January 12, 2022|Science News For Students
You learn through trial and error how to best command your troops and when you can take your eyes off them for a few seconds to order your blacksmith to make better swords or to make a new lumber facility.
‘Age of Empires IV’ is the History Channel in game form. Just don’t take it literally.|Cameron Kunzelman|October 29, 2021|Washington Post

The site overlooks a pond and includes a sawmill, wheelwright and blacksmith shop, along with a two-story house.
A fall guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway|Anna Mazurek|September 10, 2021|Washington Post
When her opponents chose a blacksmith as their champion, she produced the same type of defender.
The ‘GOT’ Red Viper and Mountain Duel, and a History of Medieval Trial by Combat|Steven Isaac|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Ahmadinejad family's moved to Tehran from Aradan, his father, Ahmad, started a new career as a blacksmith.
7 Job Ideas for the Recently Unemployed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad|Anna Brand|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And for the inescapably materialistic aspirations of that blacksmith, DuBois did not have much regard.
David's Book Club: The Souls of Black Folk|David Frum|May 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
New "plans" for special items that I can have the blacksmith make.
Diablo 3 Director Regrets Building an In-Game Market|Megan McArdle|March 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Despite this all-important class difference, Beatriz married the blacksmith.
The Jewish Conquistadors|Edward Kritzler|December 21, 2008|DAILY BEAST
I shall make it my business to accomplish that fact even though, at present, he thinks a country blacksmith beneath his notice.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
A giant of a fellow with an eye like a hawk and a big black beard that seems, somehow, to suggest a blacksmith.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Fetching pen and paper, the blacksmith made a rapid computation of what would be due Oliver at any time within the next month.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
A few minutes after the blacksmith left me, I heard the hammer sounding upon the anvil in one of the caverns below.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
Is he like Duclosse the mealman, or Lajeunesse the blacksmith, or Garotte the lime-burner-and the rest?
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete|Gilbert Parker

British Dictionary definitions for blacksmith

blacksmith

/ (ˈblækˌsmɪθ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for blacksmith

C14: see black, smith

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