coppersmith

[kop-er-smith]

cop·per·smith

[kop-er-smith]
noun
1.
a person who makes utensils, jewelry, etc., out of copper.
2.
a crimson-breasted barbet, Megalaima haemacephala, of India, southeast Asia, and adjacent islands, characterized by the ringing, metallic sound of its note.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle Englishcopresmythe. See copper1, smith
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coppersmith (ˈkɒpəˌsmɪθ)
 
n
1.  a person who works copper or copper alloys
2.  an Asian barbet (a bird), Megalaima haemacephala, the call of which has a ringing metallic note

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