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Goldsmith

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Gold·smith  (gldsmth), Oliver 1730?-1774.
British writer whose literary reputation rests on his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the dramatic comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773).
gold·smith  (gldsmth)
n.
1. An artisan who fashions objects of gold.
2. A trader or dealer in gold articles.
goldsmith
Noun
a person who makes gold jewellery and other articles
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Goldsmithgoldsmith - an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
gold-worker, goldworker
jeweler, jeweller, jewelry maker - someone who makes jewelry
2.GoldsmithGoldsmith - Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)
Oliver Goldsmith
Translations
goldsmith [ˈgəuldsmɪθ] n → orfebre m/f
goldsmith [ˈgəuldsmɪθ] n → orfèvre m
goldsmith [ˈgəuldsmɪθ] gold n → Goldschmied(in) m(f)
goldsmith [ˈgəuldsmɪθ] n → orefice m; orafo


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In the sharply foreshortened perspective of the past I seem to have read them all at once, but I am aware of an order of time in the pleasure they gave me, and I know that Goldsmith came first.
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The bird flew away and alighted on the house of a goldsmith and began to sing:
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expounders were Buffon and Oliver Goldsmith, from both of whom we
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