jeweler
Americannoun
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jewelers
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jeweler
1300–50; Middle English jueler < Anglo-French jueler, Middle French juelier. See jewel, -er 2
Explanation
A jeweler is someone whose job involves making or selling necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Thinking about buying your sweetheart something for Valentine's Day? A jeweler can show you some beautiful rings. You might also visit a jeweler to get your jewelry repaired, or to buy a fancy watch. We've been making and wearing jewelry, small decorative ornaments, for just about as long as humans have existed. Today, when we want to buy jewelry, particularly expensive or fine pieces, we visit a jeweler. Both words stem from jewel and its Latin root, jocus, which can mean "that which causes joy."
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“If you are a consumer for a $100 to a $500 jewelry item, and you used to go to a specialty jeweler, you don’t anymore,” said Edahn Golan, a partner at Tenoris.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
As Loretta Savery’s longtime jeweler, Nelson Holdo remembered the little details: birthdays and anniversaries, where her sons went to college, their majors and if they had girlfriends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Saar’s dear friend, artist and jeweler Neil Lane, recalls how she taught him to collage: slowly layering papers with matte medium and, of course, saving every scrap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Danish jeweler is navigating the uncertainty around changes in precious-metal prices as well as other headwinds such as foreign exchange rates, and tariffs in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
“Thirty-five gallons,” Kelton brags, as he applies the caulking with the precision of a jeweler.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
However, at those specialty jewelers specifically, unit sales — a gauge of the actual number of items sold — are down 8.5% overall so far this year, according to data from the firm.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The entertainment industry and its attendant army of PR departments, stylists and jewelers would like us to believe otherwise, of course.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
Silver is also in demand from jewelers, medical-device makers, electric-vehicle manufacturers, data-center developers and especially solar-panel factories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Reputable jewelers who purchase stones are careful to avoid buying stolen goods.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
And all of the jewelers in Boston had been alerted.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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