blacksmith

[blak-smith]

noun

1. a person who makes horseshoes and shoes horses.

2. a person who forges objects of iron.

3. a blackish damselfish, Chromis punctipinnis, inhabiting coastal waters off southern California.

blacksmith

/ ˈblækˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. an artisan who works iron with a furnace, anvil, hammer, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of blacksmith¹

1250–1300; Middle English; black (in reference to iron or black metal), smith ( def. ); whitesmith

Word History and Origins

Origin of blacksmith¹

C14: see _black , _smith

Example Sentences

Became a blacksmith — he put the shoes on the horses that Barton and his constables were going to use to pursue Las Manillas.

From Los Angeles Times

At the Radhwan house, the blacksmith finally dared to open his eyes five minutes after the gunmen left, only to find 17 of his family members bloodied around him.

From Los Angeles Times

Episodes from the first half of the 1960s, which often featured a young Burt Reynolds as a half-Comanche blacksmith in Dodge City, play like allegories about racism as the civil rights movement was simmering.

From Los Angeles Times

Les Capon, project manager with AOC Archaeology, said he believed part of the area could have been a blacksmith's workshop after discovering evidence of a forge and an anvil.

From BBC

The North York Moors Ranger Service said it had worked with a blacksmith to create the viewing platform overlooking the landmark.

From BBC