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A person who forges iron.
Synonyms: (Scotland, obsolete, slang) burn-the-wind, ironsmith

Hypernyms: smith, metalsmith, smithy

Hyponyms: bladesmith, swordsmith

Coordinate terms: goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge, redsmith
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
  The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases.
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- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
  Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
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- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Hambleden:
  Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge.
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(informal Category:English informal terms#BLACKSMITH) A person who shoes horses.
Synonym: farrier
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Chromis%20punctipinnis).

Usage notes

Historically, blacksmiths in small communities have played a number of other roles, including farrier, wainwright and wheelwright. However, the term blacksmithing properly refers to the forging of iron, and blacksmiths and farriers themselves make the distinction.

Related terms

gunsmith

Translations

iron forger — see also smith

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Albanian: hekurpunues (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BLACKSMITH, farkëtar (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BLACKSMITH
Arabic: حَدَّاد m (ḥaddād)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BLACKSMITH, قَيْن m (qayn)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BLACKSMITH
Egyptian Arabic: حداد m (ḥaddād)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BLACKSMITH
Aragonese: ferrero mCategory:Terms with Aragonese translations#BLACKSMITH, ferrera fCategory:Terms with Aragonese translations#BLACKSMITH
Armenian: դարբին (hy) (darbin)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BLACKSMITH
Aromanian: hirar mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#BLACKSMITH, favru mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#BLACKSMITH, favur mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#BLACKSMITH
Assamese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Assamese#BLACKSMITH
Asturian: ferreru (ast) mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#BLACKSMITH
Azerbaijani: dəmirçi (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BLACKSMITH
Basque: errementariCategory:Terms with Basque translations#BLACKSMITH
Belarusian: кава́ль m (kaválʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BLACKSMITH
Bengali: কামার (bn) (kamar)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BLACKSMITH
Breton: gov (br) mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#BLACKSMITH
Bulgarian: кова́ч (bg) m (kováč)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BLACKSMITH
Burmese: ပန်းပဲသမား (pan:pai:sa.ma:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BLACKSMITH
Catalan: ferrer (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BLACKSMITH
Chakma: 𑄇𑄟𑄢𑄴 (kāmār)Category:Terms with Chakma translations#BLACKSMITH
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵匠 / 铁匠 (zh) (tiějiàng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BLACKSMITH
Czech: kovář (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BLACKSMITH
Dalmatian: favro mCategory:Terms with Dalmatian translations#BLACKSMITH
Danish: smed (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BLACKSMITH
Dutch: smid (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BLACKSMITH
Erzya: сипе (śipe)Category:Terms with Erzya translations#BLACKSMITH
Esperanto: forĝistoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BLACKSMITH
Estonian: seppCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BLACKSMITH
Faroese: jarnsmiður mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BLACKSMITH, smiður mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BLACKSMITH
Finnish: seppä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BLACKSMITH
Franco-Provençal: favro mCategory:Terms with Franco-Provençal translations#BLACKSMITH
French: forgeron (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#BLACKSMITH, forgeronne (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BLACKSMITH
Old French: fevre mCategory:Terms with Old French translations#BLACKSMITH
Friulian: fari mCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#BLACKSMITH
Fur: mɨɨrCategory:Terms with Fur translations#BLACKSMITH
Galician: ferreiro (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BLACKSMITH, ferreira fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BLACKSMITH
Georgian: მჭედელი (mč̣edeli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BLACKSMITH
German: Eisenschmied (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Eisenschmiedin fCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Grobschmied (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Grobschmiedin fCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH
Greek: σιδεράς (el) m (siderás)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BLACKSMITH
Ancient Greek: σιδηρουργός m (sidērourgós)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BLACKSMITH
Gujarati: લુહાર m (luhār)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#BLACKSMITH
Haitian Creole: machòkètCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#BLACKSMITH
Hawaiian: kuʻihaoCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#BLACKSMITH
Hebrew: נַפָּח (he)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BLACKSMITH, חָרָשׁ בַּרְזֶל m (ẖarásh barzél)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BLACKSMITH
Hindi: लोहार (hi) m (lohār)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BLACKSMITH
Hungarian: kovács (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BLACKSMITH
Icelandic: járnsmiður mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BLACKSMITH
Ido: forjisto (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BLACKSMITH
Indonesian: pandai besi (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BLACKSMITH, tukang besi (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BLACKSMITH
Ingrian: seppäCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#BLACKSMITH
Irish: gabha mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BLACKSMITH, gabha dubh mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BLACKSMITH
Italian: fabbro ferraio mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BLACKSMITH
Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (ja) (かじや, kajiya)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BLACKSMITH
Javanese: pinter (jv)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#BLACKSMITH
Old Javanese: paṇḍeCategory:Terms with Old Javanese translations#BLACKSMITH
Kabuverdianu: fereruCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#BLACKSMITH
Kannada: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Kannada#BLACKSMITH
Karaim: tiemirčiCategory:Terms with Karaim translations#BLACKSMITH
Kazakh: ұста (kk) (ūsta)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BLACKSMITH
Khmer: ជាងដែក (km) (ciəng daek)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BLACKSMITH
Kikuyu: mũturi class 1Category:Terms with Kikuyu translations#BLACKSMITH
Korean: 대장장이 (ko) (daejangjang'i)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BLACKSMITH
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاسنگەر (asinger)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BLACKSMITH
Kyrgyz: темирчи (ky) (temirci)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BLACKSMITH
Ladin: fever mCategory:Terms with Ladin translations#BLACKSMITH
Lao: ຊ່າງຕີເຫຼັກ (sāng tī lek)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BLACKSMITH
Latgalian: kaļvs mCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#BLACKSMITH
Latin: ferrārius mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BLACKSMITH, faber ferrārius mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BLACKSMITH
Latvian: kalējs (lv) mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BLACKSMITH, kalvis (lv) mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BLACKSMITH (poetic)
Lithuanian: kalvis mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BLACKSMITH
Lutuv: susapaCategory:Terms with Lutuv translations#BLACKSMITH
Luxembourgish: Schmadd (lb) mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#BLACKSMITH
Macedonian: ковач m (kovač)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BLACKSMITH
Malay: tukang besi (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BLACKSMITH, pandai besiCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BLACKSMITH
Malayalam: കൊല്ലന് (kollaṉ)Category:Pages using discouraged character sequences#BLACKSMITH Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BLACKSMITH
Maltese: ħaddiedCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BLACKSMITH
Māori: parakimeteCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BLACKSMITH
Marathi: लोहार (lohār)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#BLACKSMITH
Nahuatl: tepozpitzquiCategory:Terms with Nahuatl translations#BLACKSMITH
Nepali: लौहकार (lauhakār)Category:Terms with Nepali translations#BLACKSMITH
Norman: forgeux mCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BLACKSMITH
Norwegian:
Bokmål: smed mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BLACKSMITH, grovsmed mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BLACKSMITH

Nynorsk: smed mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BLACKSMITH, grovsmed mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BLACKSMITH
Occitan: fabre (oc)Category:Terms with Occitan translations#BLACKSMITH, faure (oc)Category:Terms with Occitan translations#BLACKSMITH
Odia: କମାର (or) (kamāra)Category:Terms with Odia translations#BLACKSMITH
Old East Slavic: коваль (kovalĭ)Category:Terms with Old East Slavic translations#BLACKSMITH
Old English: īsernsmiþ mCategory:Terms with Old English translations#BLACKSMITH
Oromo: tumtuuCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#BLACKSMITH
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Pennsylvania German: BlaeckschmittCategory:Terms with Pennsylvania German translations#BLACKSMITH
Persian: آهنگر (fa) (âhangar)Category:Terms with Persian translations#BLACKSMITH
Plautdietsch: Schmett mCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#BLACKSMITH
Polish: kowal (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BLACKSMITH
Portuguese: ferreiro (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLACKSMITH, ferreira (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLACKSMITH, serralheiro (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLACKSMITH
Punjabi: ਲੁਹਾਰ m (luhār)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#BLACKSMITH, ਲੁਹਾਰੀ f (luhārī)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#BLACKSMITH
Rohingya: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Rohingya#BLACKSMITH
Romanian: fierar (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BLACKSMITH, faur (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BLACKSMITH (dated), făurar (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BLACKSMITH (dated)
Romansh: fraviCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BLACKSMITH
Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m (kuznéc)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLACKSMITH, кова́ль (ru) m (koválʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLACKSMITH (regional)
Sardinian: ferréliCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#BLACKSMITH, ferreliCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#BLACKSMITH, ferreriCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#BLACKSMITH
Scottish Gaelic: gobha mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BLACKSMITH
Senoufo:
Supyire: tunntunCategory:Terms with Supyire translations#BLACKSMITH
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀ва̄ч mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLACKSMITH, кова̀чица fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLACKSMITH

Latin: kòvāč (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLACKSMITH, kovàčica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLACKSMITH
Sicilian: firraru mCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BLACKSMITH, mastru firraru mCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BLACKSMITH
Sikkimese: མགར་པོ (mgar po)Category:Terms with Sikkimese translations#BLACKSMITH, ལྕགས་མགར (lcags mgar)Category:Terms with Sikkimese translations#BLACKSMITH
Slovak: kováč (sk) mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BLACKSMITH, kováčka fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BLACKSMITH
Slovene: kovač (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BLACKSMITH
Somali: tumaal (so)Category:Terms with Somali translations#BLACKSMITH
Spanish: herrero (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BLACKSMITH, herrera (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BLACKSMITH, ferrero mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BLACKSMITH (disused)
Sudovian: vutrīs mCategory:Terms with Sudovian translations#BLACKSMITH
Swahili: mhunzi (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BLACKSMITH, mfua chumaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#BLACKSMITH
Swedish: smed (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BLACKSMITH
Sylheti: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Sylheti#BLACKSMITH
Tajik: оҳангар (tg) (ohangar)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BLACKSMITH
Tamil: கொல்லன் (ta) (kollaṉ)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BLACKSMITH, கருமான் (ta) (karumāṉ)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BLACKSMITH, கன்னான் (ta) (kaṉṉāṉ)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BLACKSMITH, கருங்கொல்லன் (ta) (karuṅkollaṉ)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BLACKSMITH
Tarifit: amzir mCategory:Terms with Tarifit translations#BLACKSMITH
Telugu: కమ్మరి (te) (kammari)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BLACKSMITH
Thai: ช่างตีเหล็ก (châang-dtii-lèk)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BLACKSMITH
Tibetan: ལྕགས་བཟོ་བ (lcags bzo ba)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BLACKSMITH, མགར་པ (mgar pa)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BLACKSMITH
Turkish: demirci (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BLACKSMITH
Turkmen: demirçiCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BLACKSMITH
Ukrainian: кова́ль (uk) m (koválʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BLACKSMITH
Urdu: لوہار m (lohār)Category:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#BLACKSMITH Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BLACKSMITH
Uzbek: temirchi (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BLACKSMITH
Venetan: favaro mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#BLACKSMITH, fravoCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#BLACKSMITH, feràrCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#BLACKSMITH
Vietnamese: thợ rèn (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BLACKSMITH
Volapük: (♂♀) grobasmitanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#BLACKSMITH, (♂) grobahismitanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#BLACKSMITH, (♀) grobajismitanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#BLACKSMITH
Welsh: gof (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#BLACKSMITH
Yiddish: שמיד m (shmid)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BLACKSMITH, קאָוועל m (kovel)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BLACKSMITH, קאָוואַל m (koval)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BLACKSMITH
Yucatec Maya: meyaj máaskabCategory:Terms with Yucatec Maya translations#BLACKSMITH, meen máaskabCategory:Terms with Yucatec Maya translations#BLACKSMITH

farrier (colloquial) — see also farrier

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Armenian: պայտար (hy) (paytar)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BLACKSMITH
Breton: gov (br) mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#BLACKSMITH, marichal mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#BLACKSMITH
Bulgarian: налба́нтин m (nalbántin)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BLACKSMITH
Czech: podkovář mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BLACKSMITH
Dutch: hoefsmid (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BLACKSMITH
Finnish: seppä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BLACKSMITH, hevosenkengittäjä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BLACKSMITH
French: maréchal-ferrant (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#BLACKSMITH, maréchale-ferrante (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BLACKSMITH
German: Hufschmied (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Hufschmiedin (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Hufner (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Hufnerin fCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Hufbeschlagschmied mCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Hufbeschlagschmiedin fCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Beschlagschmied mCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH, Beschlagschmiedin fCategory:Terms with German translations#BLACKSMITH
Greek: πεταλωτής (el) m (petalotís)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BLACKSMITH
Italian: maniscalco (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BLACKSMITH, maniscalca fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BLACKSMITH
Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (ja) (かじや, kajiya)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BLACKSMITH, 蹄鉄工 (ja) (ていてつこう, teitesukō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BLACKSMITH
Luxembourgish: Houfschmadd mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#BLACKSMITH
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hovslager mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BLACKSMITH

Nynorsk: hovslagar mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BLACKSMITH, hóvslagar mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BLACKSMITH
Polish: kowal (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BLACKSMITH
Portuguese: ferrador (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLACKSMITH, ferradora fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLACKSMITH
Romanian: potcovar (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BLACKSMITH
Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m (kuznéc)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLACKSMITH
Sanskrit: कर्मार (sa) (karmāra)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#BLACKSMITH
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поткѝва̄ч mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLACKSMITH

Latin: potkìvāč (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLACKSMITH
Spanish: herrador mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BLACKSMITH, herradora fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BLACKSMITH, ferrador mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BLACKSMITH (disused)
Swedish: hovslagare (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BLACKSMITH, hovslagerska cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BLACKSMITH

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