coppersmith
coppersmith noun: a person who forges things out of copper.
Noun
coppersmith (plural coppersmiths)
- A person who forges things out of copper.
- Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Coppersmiths: Preparation of boiler tubes and copper pipework.1961 March, C.P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 162
- A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.
- More noises came from a dusty tree, where brown birds creaked and floundered about looking for insects; another bird, the invisible coppersmith, had started his ‘ponk ponk’.1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 104
Proper noun capitalized: Coppersmith
Coppersmith (plural Coppersmiths)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
coppersmith meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Persian
coppersmith in Hindi
- coppersmith, tinsmith, brazier
- ठठेरा ṭhaṭherā
coppersmith in Tamil
- சின்ன குக்குருவான்
coppersmith in Kannada
- ಚಂಬುಕುಟಿಗ, ಚಂಬುಕುಟ್ಟಿ
coppersmith in Persian
- person
- مسگر mesgar
Synonyms of coppersmith
Forms of coppersmith
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | coppersmiths |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Coppersmiths |
Origin of coppersmith
From copper + smith.
Occupational surname for a maker of copper goods, from coppersmith.
Words formed from coppersmith
Questions about coppersmith
- What does coppersmith mean?
- Coppersmith means a person who forges things out of copper.
- What is coppersmith in Hindi?
- Coppersmith in Hindi is ठठेरा (ṭhaṭherā). See Coppersmith meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is coppersmith?
- Coppersmith can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of coppersmith?
- The plural of coppersmith is coppersmiths.
Words near coppersmith in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coppersmith (page history and authors); Coppersmith (page history and authors); ठठेरा (Hindi) (page history and authors); coppersmith (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coppersmith (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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