Etymology

Smitherman

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Today it means: A surname originating as an occupation. Full definition →

Middle English smithiere
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The story

  1. Middle English · derived fromsmithiere“blacksmith”
  2. English todaySmitherman

Occupational surname for someone who assisted a blacksmith, from Middle English smithiere (“blacksmith”) + -man.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.