Smith Definition

smĭth

noun

A person who makes or repairs metal objects, esp. by shaping the metal while it is hot and soft; metalworker.

Silversmith.

Webster's New World

A blacksmith.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

One who makes or works at something specified. Often used in combination.

A locksmith; a wordsmith.

American Heritage

(archaic) An artist.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

pronoun

An English surname (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).

Wiktionary

affix

A skilled maker, composer, or user of a (specified) thing.

Songsmith, wordsmith.

Webster's New World

verb

To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Smith

Singular:

smith

Plural:

smiths

From Middle English smith, from Old English smiþ (“handicraftsman, smith, blacksmith, armorer, carpenter, worker in metals or in wood"), from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“arranger, smith"), from Proto-Indo-European *smÄ“y-, *smÄ«- (“to cut, hew"). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English smithen (“To work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); create, to work as a blacksmith"), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate"). Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōnÄ….

From Wiktionary
Middle English, from Old English smiþ (“metals craftsman")

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition