Meanings
coppersmith1
plural coppersmiths
- A person who forges things out of copper.
Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Coppersmiths: Preparation of boiler tubes and copper pipework.
1961 March, C.P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 162 - A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.
More noises came from a dusty tree, where brown birds creaked and floundered about looking for insects; another bird, the invisible coppersmith, had started his ‘ponk ponk’.
1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 104
Coppersmith2
plural Coppersmiths
- A surname originating as an occupation.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Coppersmith · proper noun
Occupational surname for a maker of copper goods, from coppersmith.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek χαλκεύς, χαλκουργός
- χαλκεύς (khalkeús)person
- χαλκουργός (khalkourgós)person
Bulgarian медникар
- медникар (mednikar)person
Catalan caldaerer, courer
- caldaererperson
- courerperson
Chinese Mandarin 銅匠 /铜匠
- 銅匠 /铜匠 (tóngjiàng, tóngjiang)person
Czech mědikovec
- mědikovecperson
Danish kobbersmed
- kobbersmedperson
Dutch kopersmid
- kopersmidperson
Finnish kupariseppä, kilkkuseppä
- kupariseppäperson
- kilkkuseppäbird
French dinandier, chaudronnier
- dinandierperson
- chaudronnierperson
German Kupferschmied
- Kupferschmiedperson
Greek χαλκωματάς, χαλκουργός
- χαλκωματάς (chalkomatás)person
- χαλκουργός (chalkourgós)person
- χαλκοπλάστης (chalkoplástis)person
Hungarian rézműves
- rézművesperson
Icelandic koparsmiður
- koparsmiðurperson
Italian fabbro di rame, calderaio
- fabbro di rameperson
- calderaioperson
- calderaroperson
Japanese 銅細工人, 胸赤五色鳥
- 銅細工人 (douitakumijin)person
- 胸赤五色鳥 (muneaka goshiki-dori)bird
Latin aerarius
- aerariusperson
Persian مسگر
- مسگر (mesgar)person
Polish miedziownik, miedziowniczka
- miedziownikperson
- miedziowniczkaperson
- pstrogłów żółtogardłybird
Portuguese funileiro
- funileiroperson
Romanian arămar, spoitor
- arămarperson
- spoitorperson
Russian ме́дник, котельщик
- ме́дник (médnik)person
- котельщик (kotelʹščik)person
- котельщица (kotelʹščica)person
Spanish calderero
- caldereroperson
Swedish kopparsmed
- kopparsmedperson
Turkish bakırcı
- bakırcıperson
Cite this entry
coppersmith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coppersmith
“coppersmith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coppersmith. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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