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

With his leg amputated, the blacksmith could no longer work and was feeling desperate.

From BBC

His father was a blacksmith who received work from a nearby Romany camp and scrap metal yard.

From BBC

Historical markings along Caliente-Bodfish Road indicate buildings that once existed: barbershop, a blacksmith, the Grand Inn and a livery stable.

From Los Angeles Times

Shortly afterward Hugh the blacksmith and his wife and child are being crushed by the crowds desperately pushing against the soldiers standing in the way of their freedom.

From Salon

Metals get softer when they are heated, which is how blacksmiths can form iron into complex shapes by heating it red hot.

From Science Daily