n. A person who forges things out of gold, especially jewelry.
n. A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.
n. A banker.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments of gold; a worker in gold.
n. In entomology, a goldsmith-beetle.
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n. an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
n. Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)
Word Usage
"So she equipped herself and setting out, traversed the wastes and spent treasures till she came to Sistan, where she called a goldsmith to make her somewhat of ornaments."