goldsmith

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson who makes, repairs, or sells objects made of gold, especially jewelry

   The goldsmith shaped the ring by hand before setting the stone.

2. 2
   noun

   a gold dealer who accepted deposits and performed early banking functions; historical

   A seventeenth-century merchant might deposit coin with a trusted London goldsmith.

From Old English goldsmith, a transparent compound of gold + smith, with close Germanic cognates. London goldsmiths' secure vaults and receipts led some members of the trade into deposit banking during the seventeenth century.

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