coppersmith

noun

cop·​per·​smith ˈkä-pər-ˌsmith How to pronounce coppersmith (audio)
: a worker in copper

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The serial number on it links it to a coppersmith in Lexington, and history says that Elijah Pepper was distilling on that site as early as 1812. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025 There’s even a miniature train, a sculpture garden, a 9-hole pitch and putt course, a coffee museum, and the only working coppersmith in the Channel Islands. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Below, in the grainy light of still houses and steadings, maltsters, coopers, and coppersmiths sustain tradition, keeping the stories and glories of single malt whisky alive. Mike MacEacheran, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 June 2025 Most of Iraq’s artisan coppersmiths gave up the trade over three decades of sanctions and war. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023 Like, there’s a subgroup of Romani people who traditionally were coppersmiths. The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coppersmith was in the 14th century

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“Coppersmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coppersmith. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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