wordsmith
Americannoun
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an expert in the use of words.
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a person, as a journalist or novelist, whose vocation is writing.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wordsmith
Example Sentences
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Liebling didn’t profess to be the best wordsmith who ever lived, but he did say that he could write faster than anyone who could write better.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Until recently considered a sign of carelessness or even stupidity, the error is now seen by some to be the indelible fingerprint of a human wordsmith.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025
The author's biographical information describes him as an "enigmatic wordsmith from the bustling streets of Glasgow" and a "rising star of the literary world".
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024
That’s right, your brilliant wordsmith wrote that they should tank.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024
The categories of grammar reflect the building blocks of thought—time, space, causality, matter—and a philosophical wordsmith can play with them to awaken her readers to metaphysical conundrums.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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