farrier
/ˈfæɹi.ə/US/ˈfɛɹi.ɚ/
farrier noun: a person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
Noun
farrier (plural farriers)
- A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
- Synonyms:
- blacksmith, horseshoer
Verb
farrier (third-person singular simple present farriers, present participle farriering, simple past and past participle farriered)
- To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
- though there are many Pretenders to the Art of Farriering and Cow-leeching , yet many of them are very ignorant , especially in the Countrie1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Farrier
Farrier (plural Farriers)
- A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a farrier.
farrier meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Gujarati
farrier in Tamil
- குதிரை இலாடம் அடிப்பவர், குதிரை மருத்துவர், குதிரைலாடம் கட்டுபவர்
farrier in Urdu
- بیتار, نعل ساز
farrier in Kannada
- ಕುದುರೆಗೆ ಲಾಳ ಹಾಕುವವ
farrier in Gujarati
- person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- નાલબંદ nālband
More languagesFewer languages
- farrier in Arabic
- بَيْطَار bayṭār
- farrier in Persian
- نعلبند na'lband
Synonyms of farrier
Forms of farrier
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | farriers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | farriers |
| present participle | farriering |
| past participle | farriered |
| past | farriered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Farriers |
Origin of farrier
Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).
English occupational surname, see Ferrier. Also a variant of Farrar.
Words formed from farrier
Words that rhyme with farrier
Questions about farrier
- What does farrier mean?
- Farrier means a person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
- What is farrier in Tamil?
- Farrier in Tamil is குதிரை இலாடம் அடிப்பவர், குதிரை மருத்துவர், குதிரைலாடம் கட்டுபவர். See Farrier meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is farrier?
- Farrier can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce farrier?
- Farrier is pronounced /ˈfæɹi.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of farrier?
- The plural of farrier is farriers.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: farrier (page history and authors); Farrier (page history and authors); farrier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); farrier (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); farrier (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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