1. Someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
   "The smith shaped the red-hot iron into an intricate design";
   - metalworker
    
2. Someone who works at something specified
   "As a wordsmith, she crafted beautiful prose"

1. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
   - Adam Smith
    
2. 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
    
3. Religious leader who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) in 1830 (1805-1844)
   - Joseph Smith
    
4. United States blues singer (1894-1937)
   - Bessie Smith
    
5. United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)
   - Julia Evelina Smith
    
6. United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
   - Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith
    
7. United States sculptor (1906-1965)
   - David Smith, David Roland Smith
    
8. Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (1919-2007)
   - Ian Smith, Ian Douglas Smith

Derived forms: Smiths, smiths

Type of: adventurer, carver, economic expert, economist, explorer, Latter-day Saint, Mormon, national leader, sculptor, sculpturer, singer, skilled worker, statesperson, statue maker, suffragist, trained worker, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer

Encyclopedia: Smith, Martyn