silversmith
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of silversmith
before 1000; Middle English; Old English seolforsmith. See silver, smith
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This 1768 painting of the silversmith and American revolutionary is both a tribute to the dignity of craftsmen and a work of canny political symbolism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Hall, a self-employed silversmith, first noticed symptoms after coming off the contraceptive pill which she said had been "masking" the pain for 10 years.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
I am retired and have found a new hobby that I love—becoming a silversmith.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2023
David Hays and his wife, Joan, a silversmith, moved from Sammamish to Bainbridge roughly four years ago, and a friend urged them to check out BARN.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2023
The stable boy ran with the news to Boston’s North End, to the home of a silversmith named Paul Revere.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
