From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Industry, Occupationssmithsmith /smɪθ/ noun [countable]TIBOsomeone who makes and repairs things made of ironSYN blacksmithExamples from the Corpussmith• William Mounsher was appointedCollegesecretary in succession to Huntingford on 1 July, when a smith was also appointed.• It was customary to wear heavy iron or brassrings around their fingers, these being made by the minesmiths.• Corey O'Brien, smithysmithsmith smith.• Without Samson's monumentalstrength, the smiths seemed to lose ground.• Was the smith free to produce his own designs?• The smith was invoking the part of the ElizabethanPoor Law which required the parish to assist the able-bodied to work.• It was almost impossible to know which were coopers and carpenters and which smiths.-smith-smith /smɪθ/ suffix [in nouns]XXa maker of somethinga gunsmith (=someone who makes guns)a wordsmith (=someone who works with words, for example a journalist)Examples from the Corpus-smith• a silversmithSmithSmitha very common name in the UK and the US. There is a joke that it is used by people who do not want their real name to be known, especially in the past by people who were sharing a hotel room when they were not marriedThey checked into the hotel as Mr and Mrs John Smith.OriginsmithOld English