goldsmith
noun
a person who makes or sells articles of gold.
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goldsmith
1 American
[gohld-smith]
/ ˈgoʊldˌsmɪθ /
noun
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goldsmiths
plural
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a person who makes or sells articles of gold.
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(formerly) such a person also acting as a banker, moneylender, etc.
Goldsmith
2
American
[gohld-smith]
/ ˈgoʊldˌsmɪθ /
noun
goldsmith
1
British
/ ˈɡəʊldˌsmɪθ /
noun
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a dealer in articles made of gold
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an artisan who makes such articles
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(formerly) a dealer or manufacturer of gold articles who also engaged in banking or other financial business
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(in Malaysia) a Chinese jeweller
Goldsmith
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British
/ ˈɡəʊldˌsmɪθ /
noun
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Inside a converted chocolate factory outside of Milan, a master goldsmith sat at a workstation, shaping a strip of metal into filigree so fine it resembled lace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
The Neptune Beach, Fla., native has described herself as a goldsmith specializing in hand engraving who got started working part time with her jeweler dad in her hometown during the pandemic lockdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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
“Your father? He is a goldsmith? The gods smile on you. What else does he teach you?”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Goldsmith is now responsible for bringing Rasonque to market, a rollout that actually began nearly four months ago when the FDA allowed RevMed to distribute the medicine as part of a compassionate-use program before approval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
To close the deal, Goldsmith had to pull off a boardroom maneuver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Justice minister Paul Goldsmith said the legislation would give certainty to businesses around their climate obligations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Daraxonrasib significantly elevates the survival bar in the treatment of one of the deadliest human cancers, while better preserving quality of life compared with chemotherapy,” Mark A. Goldsmith, M.D.,
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
“I crave pardon; neb Goldsmith, for coming late. I could not help it. I—I carried an offering to my father’s tomb.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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
They brought in German painters and Flemish weavers, along with armorers, goldsmiths and printers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 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 falcon ornament held in his tongs was no better than half the goldsmiths in Thebes could fashion.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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