[gohld-smith] 
| 1. | a person who makes or sells articles of gold. |
| 2. | (formerly) such a person also acting as a banker, moneylender, etc. |
[gohld-smith] | Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist. |
| gold·smith (gōld'smĭth') n.
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| Gold·smith (gōld'smĭth') British writer whose literary reputation rests on his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the dramatic comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773). |
Goldsmith
(Neh. 3:8,32; Isa. 40:19; 41:7; 46:6). The word so rendered means properly a founder or finer.
