coppersmith

[ kop-er-smith ]

/ ˈkɒp ərˌsmɪθ /

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noun

a person who makes utensils, jewelry, etc., out of copper.

a crimson-breasted barbet, Megalaima haemacephala, of India, southeast Asia, and adjacent islands, characterized by the ringing, metallic sound of its note.

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Origin of coppersmith

1300–50; Middle Englishcopresmythe.See copper¹, smith

Words nearby coppersmith

copperon, copper penny, copperplate, copper pyrites, Copper River, coppersmith, copper spot, copper sulfate, copper-sulfate method, copper sulphate, coppertone

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How to use coppersmith in a sentence

At rare intervals his cousin, the coppersmith, utters a soft wow and thereby reminds us that he is in the land of the living.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar
The coppersmith now and then gives forth his winter note—a subdued wow; this is heard chiefly at the sunset hour.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar
The trade of a coppersmith was not one to interest children greatly in those days.
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days|Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
It was something quite different that drew them to the window and door of the coppersmith.
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days|Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

When his days work was over the old coppersmith closed his shutter and lighted a candle.
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days|Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for coppersmith

coppersmith

/ (ˈkɒpəˌsmɪθ) /

noun

a person who works copper or copper alloys

an Asian barbet (a bird), Megalaima haemacephala, the call of which has a ringing metallic note

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