# goldsmith

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #22,098

## Definitions
1. A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
2. A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).

## Etymology
From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.

## Common misspellings (15)
`ggoldsmith`, `glodsmith`, `godlsmith`, `golddsmith`, `goldmsith`, `goldsimth`, `goldsmiht`, `goldsmithh`, `goldsmitth`, `goldsmmith`, `goldsmtih`, `goldssmith`, `golldsmith`, `golsdmith`, `ogldsmith`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/goldsmith