smith Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
    Ian Smith; Ian Douglas Smith.
  2. noun United States sculptor (1906-1965)
    David Smith; David Roland Smith.
  3. noun United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
    Kathryn Elizabeth Smith; Kate Smith.
  4. noun United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)
    Julia Evelina Smith.
  5. noun United States blues singer (1894-1937)
    Bessie Smith.
  6. noun religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844)
    Joseph Smith.
  7. noun English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
    John Smith; Captain John Smith.
  8. noun Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
    Adam Smith.
  9. noun someone who works at something specified
  10. noun someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
    metalworker.

WordNet

Smith noun
Etymology
AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smir, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smia (in comp.); cf. Gr. a sort of knife, a hoe, mattock.
Definitions
  1. One who forgess with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman.
    Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate.
  2. One who makes or effects anything. R. Dryden.
Smith transitive verb
Etymology
AS. smiian. See Smith, n.
Definitions
  1. To beat into shape; to fprge. Obs. Chaucer.
    What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman.

Webster 1913