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Vinony

goldsmith

noun

  1. gold metalworker
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊldˌsmɪθ/

name

Etymology: From goldsmith.

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

    “In fact, the most hipsterlike thing about Goldsmith is that his beard predates beards becoming de rigueur. Yet his seasoned maturity almost cost him the gig.”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.

  1. A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
  2. A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).