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goldsmith

[gohld-smith] / ˈgoʊldˌsmɪθ /


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The son of a goldsmith, Yunus was born in 1940 into a well-off family in the port city of Chittagong, now Chattogram.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

There, Susan met Giorgos Xenarios, a goldsmith and jewelry maker 27 years her senior who, after many love letters, telegrams, intercontinental trips and one very firm ultimatum, migrated to the U.S. in 1974.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

Reserva de la Familia Extra Añejo tequila is another great tequila option, complete with a beautiful gift box by Mexican sculptor, goldsmith, and leatherer Ana Pellicer.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2024

Born the son of a patrician in the early 15th century, in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg was originally trained as a goldsmith and metallurgist.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2024

Papa’s a goldsmith, and his work has suffered from his worsening eyesight and shaking hands.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

When Captain John Smith and the British colonists first came to the Jamestown colony in Virginia in the early 17th century, he recorded two goldsmiths, a jeweler and two refiners on the ship, Gordon says.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

In boomtown Seville, enslaved labor powered the artisanal workshops of goldsmiths, ceramists, carpenters, illustrators — and painters.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2023

Many others were artisans, including goldsmiths and jewelers, unused to the hard physical labor that building a colony on a new continent required.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

Cathedral restorers hope to collaborate with the Louvre for the restoration of “the Mays,” 76 large paintings of the Acts of the Apostles donated between 1630 and 1707 by Parisian goldsmiths.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2021

“If I forbid them to carve stone or lay bricks, the chandlers, the weavers, and the goldsmiths will soon be at my gates asking that they be excluded from those trades as well.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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