smith

Noun
US/smɪθ/1 syllable
Synonyms: Ian SmithIan Douglas SmithDavid SmithDavid Roland SmithKate SmithKathryn Elizabeth SmithJulia Evelina SmithBessie SmithJoseph SmithJohn SmithCaptain John SmithAdam Smith

Open English WordNet

Noun (10)smiths

  1. Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)Synonyms: Ian SmithIan Douglas SmithInstance of solon, national leader
  2. United States sculptor (1906-1965)Synonyms: David SmithDavid Roland SmithInstance of sculptor, sculpturer
  3. United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)Synonyms: Kate SmithKathryn Elizabeth SmithInstance of singer, vocalist
  4. United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)Synonyms: Julia Evelina SmithInstance of suffragist
  5. United States blues singer (1894-1937)Synonyms: Bessie SmithInstance of singer, vocalist
  6. religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844)Synonyms: Joseph SmithInstance of Mormon, Latter-day Saint
  7. English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)Synonyms: John SmithCaptain John Smith
  8. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)Synonyms: Adam Smith
  9. someone who works at something specified
  10. someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)Synonyms: metalworker
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Smith (smĭth), noun

Origin: AS. smið; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smiðr, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smiþa (in comp.); cf. Gr. σμίλη a sort of knife, σμινύη a hoe, mattock.

1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Vision of Piers Plowman

Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.— Nahum Tate

2. One who makes or effects anything. rare John Dryden

Smith transitive verb

Origin: AS. smiðian. See Smith, noun

To beat into shape; to forge. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer

What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.— Vision of Piers Plowman

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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