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taylor | blacksmith |

As a proper noun Taylor

is {{surname|from=occupations}.

As a noun blacksmith is

a person who forges iron.

taylor

English

Proper noun

(s)
  • , transferred from the surname.
  • popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
  • * 2001 , Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu , page 206:
    • "I wanted to call her Taylor , but my husband said no," Sweetie was telling one of the Christmas party guests.
    "Taylor means a tailor," I said. "It seems inauspicious. Like calling her Cobbler."
    "That's a kind of drink," said Nani.

    Derived terms

    * Taylorism

    Related terms

    * Tayla

    blacksmith

    English

    (wikipedia blacksmith)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who forges iron.
  • *(James Howell) (c.1594–1666)
  • *:The blacksmith may forge what he pleases.
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • (lb) A person who shoes horses; a farrier.
  • A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis'' or ''Heliastes punctipinnis ).

    • Usage notes

    Historically, blacksmiths in small communities have played a number of other roles, including farrier, wainwright and wheelwright. However, blacksmithing properly refers to the forging of iron, and blacksmiths and farriers themselves make the distinction.

    Synonyms

    * ironsmith

    Hypernyms

    * smith, metalsmith * smithy

    Coordinate terms

    * goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge