Coppersmith

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who forges things out of copper.

    "Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Coppersmiths: Preparation of boiler tubes and copper pipework."

  2. 2
    someone who makes articles from copper wordnet
  3. 3
    A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.

    "More noises came from a dusty tree, where brown birds creaked and floundered about looking for insects; another bird, the invisible coppersmith, had started his ‘ponk ponk’."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms

All synonyms
redsmithredsmithsmith

Example

More examples

"Lead and iron must feed the coppersmith."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From copper + smith.

Etymology 2

Occupational surname for a maker of copper goods, from coppersmith.

Related phrases

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