Smith (sm th), Adam 1723-1790. Scottish political economist and philosopher. His Wealth of Nations (1776) laid the foundations of classical free-market economic theory. |
| Smith, Alfred Emanuel Known as "the Happy Warrior." 1873-1944. American politician. He served as governor of New York (1919-1920 and 1923-1928) and was defeated in the 1928 presidential election by Herbert Hoover. |
| Smith, Bessie 1894?-1937. American singer and songwriter who became a leading blues performer in the 1920s and made nearly 200 recordings, often with musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman. |   photographed in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) |
| Smith, David 1906-1965. American sculptor who is best known for his use of scrap and welded metal and for his Medals of Dishonor (1940), a series of bronze relief plaques which depict his opposition to violence and greed. |
| Smith, Hamilton Othanel Born 1931. American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics. |
| Smith, Hannah Whitall 1832-1911. American evangelist, writer, and reformer who was a founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1874). |
| Smith, Ian Douglas 1919-2007. Zimbabwean politician who became prime minister of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1964 and unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain in 1965, at which time the country was renamed Rhodesia. He remained prime minister until 1979. |
| Smith, Jedediah Strong 1799-1831. American trader and explorer who opened a number of trade routes throughout the West. |
| Smith, John 1580?-1631. English colonist, explorer, and writer whose maps and accounts of his explorations in Virginia and New England were invaluable to later explorers and colonists. |
| Smith, Joseph 1805-1844. American religious leader. He founded (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and led his congregation westward from New York State to western Illinois, where he was murdered by an anti-Mormon mob. |
| Smith, Julia Evelina 1792-1886. American suffragist. With her sister Abby Hadassah Smith (1797-1878) she became famous for refusing to pay taxes until she could vote. |
| Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Known as "Kate." 1909-1986. American singer noted especially for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," first performed in 1938. |
| Smith, Margaret Chase 1897-1995. American politician who served as U.S. representative (1940-1949) and senator (1949-1973) from Maine. |
| Smith, Michael 1932-2000. British-born Canadian biochemist who developed a method for making a specific genetic mutation at any spot on a DNA molecule. He shared a 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry. |
| smith (smth) n. 1. A metalworker, especially one who works metal when it is hot and malleable. Often used in combination: a silversmith; a goldsmith. 2. A blacksmith. 3. One who makes or works at something specified. Often used in combination: a locksmith; a wordsmith. [Middle English, from Old English.] |
smith
Noun
1. a person who works in metal: goldsmith
2. See blacksmith [Old English]
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| Noun | 1. | Smith - Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) |
| 2. |  Smith - United States sculptor (1906-1965) | |
| 3. | Smith - United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) | |
| 4. | Smith - United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886) | |
| 5. | Smith - United States blues singer (1894-1937) | |
| 6. |  Smith - religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844) | |
| 7. |  Smith - English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631) | |
| 8. |  Smith - Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790) | |
| 9. | smith - someone who works at something specified arrowsmith - a maker of arrows gunsmith - someone who makes or repairs guns locksmith - someone who makes or repairs locks | |
| 10. |  smith - someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)blacksmith - a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil forger - someone who operates a forge |
Translations
smith [smɪθ] n → herrero
n smith [smiθ]
1 a blacksmith. smit حَدّاد ковач kovář grovsmed der Schmied σιδεράς herrero sepp آهنگر seppä forgeron/-onne נַפָּח लोहार kovač kovács pandai besi járnsmiður fabbro かじ屋 대장장이 kalvis kalējs tukang besi smid smed kowal ferreiro fierar кузнец kováč kovač kovač smed ช่างตีเหล็ก demirci, nalbant 鐵匠 коваль لوہار thợ rèn 铁匠
2 a person whose job is to work with a particular metal, or make a particular type of article a goldsmith; a silversmith; a gunsmith. smit عامِل طَرْق المَعادِن златар zlatník; kovotepec smed; -smed der Schmied μεταλλουργός orfebre, artesano -sepp فلزكار seppä orfèvre; armurier צוֹרֵף धातु कर्मकार osoba koja obrađuje metal (zlatar) ili nešto izrađuje (puškar) fémműves; fegyverkovács pandai e-r sem fæst við málmsmíðar fabbro 金属細工人 금속 세공인 -kalys, juvelyras ieroču kalējs tukang besi smid -smed specjalista kowal, jubiler, rusznikarz itp. artesão aurar; armurier рабочий по металлу zlatník; kovotepec; výrobca (čoho) zlatar; puškar kovač []smed ช่าง maden zanaatkârı 鍛工，...匠 слюсар (по металу) دھات کا کام کرنے والا کاریگر người làm ra các đồ dùng bằng kim loại 锻工，...匠
n smithy [smiði, -θi]
the workshop of a blacksmith. smitswinkel وَرْشَة أو مَشْغَل حِدادَه ковачница kovárna smedje; smedeværksted die Schmiede σιδηρουργείο herrería sepikoda فلزكاري forge נַפָּחִייָה लोहारखाना kovačnica kovácsműhely bengkel pandai besi fucina 鍛冶屋の仕事場 kalvė smēde, kalve bengkel tukang besi smederij, smidse smie kuźnia кузница kováčska dielňa kovačnica kovačnica smedja โรงตีเหล็ก demirci dükkânı, nalbant 鐵匠鋪 кузня لوہار کا پیشہ lò rèn 铁匠铺
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