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

As the jeweler quietly continued working on the white-gold-and-platinum bracelet, hole by painstaking hole, she was interrupted by an observer, a compact 58-year-old man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Spiro grew up privileged in London, one of four children of Glenn Spiro, a prominent jeweler who counts Jay-Z as a client and pal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

In a separate statement, the jeweler said it named Philippa Newman as its new Chief Product Officer, effective from March 9.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

He’s similar to Adam Sandler’s rapacious jeweler in “Uncut Gems,” except that scoundrel contained his damage to the Diamond District and people as shady as him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

“Like the man with the strength of an ox? Like the jeweler who made the Cursed Diamonds of Lady Delune?”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee