• IPA: /ˈblæk.smɪθ/

blacksmith (plural blacksmiths)

1. A person who forges iron.

   Synonyms: ironsmith

   Coordinate terms: goldsmith#English|goldsmith, whitesmith#English|whitesmith, silversmith#English|silversmith, platinumsmith#English|platinumsmith, farrier#English|farrier, forge#English|forge

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   Hypernyms: smith, metalsmith, smithy

   • The blacksmith may forge what he pleases.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:

     Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.

2. (informal) A person who shoes horses.

   Synonyms: farrier

3. A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

• gunsmith

• French: forgeron, forgeronne, sidérurgiste
• German: Eisenschmied, Eisenschmiedin, Grobschmied, Grobschmiedin
• Italian: fabbro ferraio
• Portuguese: ferreiro, ferreira
• Russian: кузне́ц
• Spanish: herrero, herrera

• French: maréchal-ferrant, maréchale-ferrante
• German: Hufschmied, Hufschmiedin, Hufner, Hufnerin, Hufbeschlagschmied, Hufbeschlagschmiedin, Beschlagschmied, Beschlagschmiedin
• Italian: maniscalco, maniscalca
• Portuguese: ferrador, ferradora
• Russian: кузне́ц
• Spanish: herrador, herradora

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