Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Goldsmith"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Goldsmith
(Neh. 3:8,32; Isa. 40:19; 41:7; 46:6). The word so rendered
means properly a founder or finer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Goldsmith \Gold"smith`\, n. [AS. goldsmi?. See {Gold}., and
{Smith}.]
1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc.,
of gold.
2. A banker. [Obs.]
Note: The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on
deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely.
{Goldsmith beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a large, bright yellow,
American beetle ({Cotalpa lanigera}), of the family
{Scarab[ae]id[ae]}
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
goldsmith
n 1: an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
[syn: {goldworker}]
2: Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays
(1728-1774) [syn: {Goldsmith}, {Oliver Goldsmith}]
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