Goldsmith

Gold′smithˊ

,

Noun.

[AS. goldsmi[GREEK]. See

Gold

., and

Smith

.]

1.

An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

2.

A banker.

[Obs.]

☞ The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely.

Goldsmith beetle

(Zool.)

,

a large, bright yellow, American beetle (

Cotalpa lanigera

), of the family

Scarabæidæ

Goldsmith

GOLDSMITH

,

Noun.

An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments of gold and silver.

1.

A banker; one who manages the pecuniary concerns of others. [Goldsmiths were formerly bankers in England, but in America the practice does not exist, nor is the word used in this sense.]

Goldsmith

See also: goldsmith

English

Proper noun

Goldsmith

A surname.

goldsmith

See also: Goldsmith

English

Noun

goldsmith ‎(plural goldsmiths)

A person who forges things out of gold, especially jewelry.
(obsolete) A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).

Related terms

goldsmithing

Hypernyms

smith, metalsmith

Translations

person who forges things out of gold

Albanian: arpunues (sq), argjendar (sq)
Arabic: صائغ m
Bulgarian: златар m ‎(zlatar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冶金匠 ‎(yejin jiang)
Czech: zlatník m
Danish: guldsmed c
Dutch: goudsmid (nl)
Esperanto: oraĵisto
Estonian: kullassepp
Faroese: gullsmiður m
Finnish: kultaseppä (fi)
French: orfèvre (fr) m, f
Georgian: ოქრომჭედელი ‎(okromč̣edeli)
German: Goldschmied (de) m, Goldschmiedin f, Gold- und Silberschmied m, Gold- und Silberschmiedin f
Greek: χρυσοχόος (el) m f ‎(chrysochóos)
Icelandic: gullsmiður m
Italian: orafo (it) m, orafa f, orefice (it) m
Japanese: 金細工人 ‎(kinsaikoujin), 金銀細工職人 ‎(kinginsaikushokunin), 金細工師 ‎(kinsaikushi)
Khmer: ជាងមាស ‎(cieng mieh)
Korean: 금 세공인 ‎(geum segongin)
Kurdish:
Sorani: زێڕنگه‌ر (ku) ‎(zéringer)

Latin: aurifex m, aurārius m
Latvian: zeltkalis m
Macedonian: златар m ‎(zlátar)
Malay: tukang emas
Malayalam: തട്ടാന്‍ ‎(taṭṭān‍)
Maltese: ħaddiem id-deheb
Persian: زرگر (fa) ‎(zargar)
Polish: złotnik (pl) m
Portuguese: ourives (pt) m, f, aurífice (pt) m, f
Romanian: aurar (ro) m
Russian: золоты́х дел ма́стер ‎(zolotýx del máster), ювели́р (ru) ‎(juvelír)
Scottish Gaelic: ceàrd-òir m
Serbo-Croatian: zlatar (sh) m, zlatarka f
Slovak: zlatník m, zlatníčka f
Spanish: forjador del oro, orfebre m, f
Swedish: guldsmed (sv) c
Tagalog: panday-ginto
Telugu: కంసలి (te) ‎(kaṃsali)
Vietnamese: thợ bạc (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) goldismitan (vo), (♂) goldihismitan, (♀) goldijismitan
Welsh: eurof m
Yiddish: גאָלדשמיד m ‎(goldshmid)

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