Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who works or manufactures objects, especially utensils, in copper.
- noun A brightly colored bird (Megalaima haemacephala) of South and Southeast Asia, characterized by its ringing metallic call.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A worker in copper; one whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils.
- noun A book-name of the tambagut.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
forges things out ofcopper . - noun Megalaima haemacephala, a
South Asian bird with crimson forehead and throat, best known for itsmetronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith strikingmetal with ahammer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes articles from copper
Etymologies
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Examples
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The coppersmith is the most familiar member of the clan.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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The green barbets also call spasmodically throughout the month, chiefly in the early morning and the late afternoon, but the only note uttered by the coppersmith is a soft _wow_.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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_tonk_, _tonk_, _tonk_ of the coppersmith, which is uttered so persistently in the day-time.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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We find mention of Alexander (q.v.), a "coppersmith" of Ephesus
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Upon graduation from high school in 1943, Barbara went to work as a coppersmith helper.
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Isfahan's bazaar houses not just hundreds of stalls but offices, often hidden away, where the real business is done: the coppersmith hammering pots and pans may be working for a man engaged in the wholesale trade of copper wire and piping.
Tehran or Bust 2009
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So that it was the house which demolished the coppersmith.
Les Miserables 2008
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Soon afterwards, in 1844, Milwaukee had a coppersmith and a brand new forty barrel kettle was created for Lake Brewery.
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His technique improved the stability of the popular but fragile violets and purples this lichen produced. 1 Gordon, who was a merchant, and his brother, a coppersmith, formed a partnership to sell cudbear, supplying printers and dyers throughout Britain.
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While he still went out, he had purchased of a coppersmith, for a few sous, a little copper crucifix which he had hung up on a nail opposite his bed.
Les Miserables 2008
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