Goldsmith
['gəʊl(d)smɪθ] or ['gold'smɪθ]
Definition
(noun.) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold.
(noun.) Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774).
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Definition
(n.) An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.
(n.) A banker.
Typist: Robbie
Examples
- Goldsmith's estimate, so much. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The goldsmith was most enthusiastic, and suggested that he might be able to help the inventor with money. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula, etc. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They took De Foe to their bosoms, instead of Euclid, and seemed to be on the whole more comforted by Goldsmith than by Cocker. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- So did Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74); his _Deserted Village_ (1770) is a pamphlet on enclosures disguised as a poem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was another inducement for him to side with the rich goldsmith. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There one day his brother introduced him to a rich goldsmith named Faust, and this man said he understood that Gutenberg had invented a new way of making books. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This was the Ireland of Swift, Goldsmith, Burke, Berkeley, and Boyle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their alchemy was closely associated with metallurgy, the making of alloys and amalgams, and th e handicrafts of the goldsmiths and silversmiths. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Psyche