blacksmith
[blak-smith]
- 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
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Examples from the Web for blacksmith
Contemporary Examples
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 CombatSteven Isaac
June 3, 2014
When Ahmadinejad family's moved to Tehran from Aradan, his father, Ahmad, started a new career as a blacksmith.
And for the inescapably materialistic aspirations of that blacksmith, DuBois did not have much regard.
New "plans" for special items that I can have the blacksmith make.
Despite this all-important class difference, Beatriz married the blacksmith.
Historical Examples
He can tinker up almost anything, and that eliminates the blacksmith.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
But what is to become of the blacksmith, the carpenter, and all the rest?
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
As for work, the blacksmith reveled in it, and made it practically his only vice.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
The blacksmith talked, and Yates listened, putting now and then a mark on his cuff.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
blacksmith
- an artisan who works iron with a furnace, anvil, hammer, etc
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Word Origin
C14: see black, smith
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Word Origin and History for blacksmith
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