jeweler

American  

[joo-uh-ler] / ˈdʒu ə lər /

especially British, jeweller

noun

1. a person who designs, makes, sells, or repairs jewelry, watches, etc.; a person who deals in jewels.

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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."

Example Sentences

Several brands, including Loewe, Aesop and the jeweler Presley Oldham, have introduced incense in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Unable to use legitimate exchanges, Daniel testified he converted some by trading it for gold with a downtown L.A. jeweler.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

For this year, the jeweler forecast organic revenue results in a range between a 1% decline and an increase by 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Both the Danish group and the Swiss jeweler have been contending with a surge of precious-metals prices in recent months that became one of their main headwinds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

One jobless morning I went to my old classmate, Griggs, who worked for a Capitol Street jeweler.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright