Gemwright

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A worker in gems; a jeweler rare

    "In Valinor, the Elves are masons, gemwrights, and boat-builders, and their wives talented weavers and embroiderers."

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"In Valinor, the Elves are masons, gemwrights, and boat-builders, and their wives talented weavers and embroiderers."

Etymology

Probably a modern calque of Old English ġimwyrhta (“jeweler”), equivalent to gem + wright.

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