1. smith(n = noun.person) ian douglas smith, ian smith - Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919);
is a kind of national leader, solon, statesman
2. smith(n = noun.person) david roland smith, david smith - United States sculptor (1906-1965);
is a kind of carver, sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker
3. smith(n = noun.person) kate smith, kathryn elizabeth smith - United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986);
is a kind of singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
4. smith(n = noun.person) julia evelina smith - United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886);
is a kind of suffragist
5. smith(n = noun.person) bessie smith - United States blues singer (1894-1937);
is a kind of singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
6. smith(n = noun.person) joseph smith - religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844);
is a kind of latter-day saint, mormon
7. smith(n = noun.person) captain john smith, john smith - English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631);
is a kind of adventurer, explorer
8. smith(n = noun.person) adam smith - Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790);
is a kind of economic expert, economist
9. smith(n = noun.person) - someone who works at something specified;
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
has particulars: arrowsmith, gunsmith, locksmith, tinner, tinsmith
10. smith(n = noun.person) metalworker - someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable);
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
has particulars: blacksmith, forger
1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
"Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword." [1913 Webster]
2. One who makes or effects anything. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
To beat into shape; to forge. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"What smith that any [weapon] smitheth." [1913 Webster]
smith, n. & v.
--n.
1 (esp. in comb.) a worker in metal (goldsmith; tinsmith).
2 a person who forges iron; a blacksmith.
3 a craftsman (wordsmith).
--v.tr. make or treat by forging.
Etymology:
OE f. Gmc
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.
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