Meanings
farrier1
plural farriers
- A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
Synonyms: blacksmith, horseshoer
present singular third person farriers · participle present farriering · participle past farriered · past farriered
- intransitiveTo practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
though there are many Pretenders to the Art of Farriering and Cow-leeching , yet many of them are very ignorant , especially in the Countrie
1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
Farrier2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
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Origin
farrier · noun, verb
- Latinferrārius
- Old Frenchferrier
- Middle Frenchferrier
- Englishfarrier
Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).
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Full word history & related roots →Farrier · proper noun
English occupational surname, see Ferrier. Also a variant of Farrar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَيْطَار
- بَيْطَار (bayṭār)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Bulgarian налбантин, подковач
- налбантин (nalbantin)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- подковач (podkovač)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Catalan ferrador, ferrer
- ferradorperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- ferrerperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Chinese Mandarin 蹄鐵匠 /蹄铁匠, 釘蹄師 /钉蹄师
- 蹄鐵匠 /蹄铁匠 (títiějiàng)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- 釘蹄師 /钉蹄师 (dīngtíshī)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Czech podkovář
- podkovářperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Danish beslagsmed
- beslagsmedperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Dutch hoefsmid
- hoefsmidperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Esperanto hufumisto
- hufumistoperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Estonian hobuserautaja
- hobuserautajaperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Finnish kengitysseppä, hevosenkengittäjä
- kengitysseppäperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- hevosenkengittäjäperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- kengittäjäperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
French maréchal-ferrant, maréchale-ferrante
- maréchal-ferrantperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- maréchale-ferranteperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
German Hufschmied, Hufschmiedin
- Hufschmiedperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- Hufschmiedinperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Greek πεταλωτής
- πεταλωτής (petalotís)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Hebrew מפרזל סוסים
- מפרזל סוסיםperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Hungarian patkolókovács
- patkolókovácsperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Icelandic járningamaður
- járningamaðurperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Irish crúdóir, fairéir
- crúdóirperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- fairéirperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Italian maniscalco, maniscalca
- maniscalcoperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- maniscalcaperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- fabbro ferraioperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- magnanoperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Japanese 装蹄師
- 装蹄師 (sōteishi)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Māori kaihaeana hōiho
- kaihaeana hōihoperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Norwegian Bokmål hovslager, beslagsmed
- hovslagerperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- beslagsmedperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Persian نعلبند
- نعلبند (na'lband)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Polish podkuwacz
- podkuwaczperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Portuguese ferrador, ferradora
- ferradorperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- ferradoraperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Romanian potcovar
- potcovarperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Russian кузне́ц, конова́л
- кузне́ц (kuznéc)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- конова́л (konovál)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Spanish herrador, herradora
- herradorperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- herradoraperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- ferrador (disused)person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Swedish hovslagare, hovslagerska
- hovslagareperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
- hovslagerskaperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Turkish nalbant
- nalbantperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Welsh ffariar
- ffariarperson who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
farrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farrier
“farrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farrier. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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