Goldsmith


[gohld-smith] /ˈgoʊldˌsmɪθ/

noun
1.
a person who makes or sells articles of gold.
2.
(formerly) such a person also acting as a banker, moneylender, etc.
[gohld-smith] /ˈgoʊldˌsmɪθ/
noun
1.
Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist.
/ˈɡəʊldˌsmɪθ/
noun
1.

2.
(formerly) a dealer or manufacturer of gold articles who also engaged in banking or other financial business
3.
(in Malaysia) a Chinese jeweller
/ˈɡəʊldˌsmɪθ/
noun
1.
Oliver. ?1730–74, Irish poet, dramatist, and novelist. His works include the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773)
n.

Old English gold-smith, from gold + smith.

(Neh. 3:8,32; Isa. 40:19; 41:7; 46:6). The word so rendered means properly a founder or finer.

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