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shoesmith

shoesmith noun: a person who shoes horses for a living.

Noun

shoesmith (plural shoesmiths)

  1. (dated) A person who shoes horses for a living.

Proper noun capitalized: Shoesmith

Shoesmith (plural Shoesmiths)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms of shoesmith

Forms of shoesmith

Noun
pluralshoesmiths
Proper noun
pluralShoesmiths
alternative formShucksmith

Origin of shoesmith

From shoe + smith.

From shoesmith, an occupational surname for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes.

Questions about shoesmith

What does shoesmith mean?
Shoesmith means a person who shoes horses for a living.
What part of speech is shoesmith?
Shoesmith can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shoesmith?
The plural of shoesmith is shoesmiths.

Words near shoesmith in the dictionary

  1. shoeshop
  2. shoeshops
  3. shoesies
  4. shoesize
  5. shoesizes
  6. shoesmith
  7. shoesmiths
  8. shoesole
  9. shoesoles
  10. shoestore
  11. shoestores

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shoesmith (page history and authors); Shoesmith (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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