About The Word Smith
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What's The Definition Of Smith?
[n] someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
[n] someone who works at something specified [n] Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790) [n] English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631) [n] religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844) [n] United States blues singer (1894-1937) [n] United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886) [n] United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) [n] United States sculptor (1906-1965) [n] Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) Synonyms | Synonyms for Smith: Adam Smith | Bessie Smith | David Roland Smith | David Smith | Ian Douglas Smith | Ian Smith | John Smith | Joseph Smith | Julia Evelina Smith | Kate Smith | Kathryn Elizabeth Smith | metalworker Related Terms | Find terms related to Smith: See Also | adventurer | arrowsmith | blacksmith | carver | economic expert | economist | explorer | forger | gunsmith | Latter-day Saint | locksmith | Mormon | national leader | sculptor | sculpturer | singer | skilled worker | solon | statesman | statue maker | suffragist | tinner | tinsmith | trained worker | vocaliser | vocalist | vocalizer Smith In Webster's Dictionary \Smith\ (sm[i^]th), n. [AS. smi[eth]; akin to D. smid, G.
schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi[eth]r, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth.
smi[thorn]a (in comp.); cf. Gr. smi`lh a sort of knife,
sminy`h a hoe, mattock.]
1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals;
as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.
--Piers Plowman.
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
--Tate.
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] --Dryden.
\Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See {Smith}, n.] To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer. What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. --Piers Plowman. |
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