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SMITH
smith, metalworker
(noun) someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
smith
(noun) someone who works at something specified
Smith, Adam Smith
(noun) Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
Smith, John Smith, Captain John Smith
(noun) English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
Smith, Joseph Smith
(noun) religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844)
Smith, Bessie Smith
(noun) United States blues singer (1894-1937)
Smith, Julia Evelina Smith
(noun) United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)
Smith, Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith
(noun) United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
Smith, David Smith, David Roland Smith
(noun) United States sculptor (1906-1965)
Smith, Ian Smith, Ian Douglas Smith
(noun) Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Smith (plural Smiths)
An English surname (the most common in Britain, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand).
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
A ghost town in Humboldt County, California.
An unincorporated community in Galena Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.
An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
A small unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada.
An unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina, also Smiths Turnout.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Smith is the most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2,442,977 individuals. Smith is most common among White (70.9%) and Black/African American (23.1%) individuals.
Etymology 1
Noun
smith (plural smiths)
A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
(by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
(archaic) An artist.
Synonyms
• metalsmith
Etymology 2
Verb
smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)
To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
Source: Wiktionary
Smith, n. Etym: [AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smi (in comp.); cf. Gr.
1. One who forgess with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman. Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate.
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] Dryden.
Smith, v. t. Etym: [AS. smi. See Smith, n.]
Definition: To beat into shape; to fprge. [Obs.] Chaucer. What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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