Smith Definition

smĭth
noun
A person who makes or repairs metal objects, esp. by shaping the metal while it is hot and soft; metalworker.
Silversmith.
Webster's New World
A blacksmith.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
One who makes or works at something specified. Often used in combination.
A locksmith; a wordsmith.
American Heritage

(archaic) An artist.

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pronoun

An English surname (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).

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affix
A skilled maker, composer, or user of a (specified) thing.
Songsmith, wordsmith.
Webster's New World
verb

To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

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Other Word Forms of Smith

Noun

Singular:
smith
Plural:
smiths

Origin of Smith

  • From Middle English smith, from Old English smiþ (“handicraftsman, smith, blacksmith, armorer, carpenter, worker in metals or in wood"), from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“arranger, smith"), from Proto-Indo-European *smÄ“y-, *smÄ«- (“to cut, hew"). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.

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  • From Middle English smithen (“To work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); create, to work as a blacksmith"), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate"). Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōnÄ….

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  • Middle English, from Old English smiþ (“metals craftsman")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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