blacksmith

black (color of iron) +‎ smith (related to smite)

• IPA^(key): /ˈblæk.smɪθ/

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blacksmith (plural blacksmiths)

1. A person who forges iron.

   Synonym: ironsmith

   Coordinate terms: goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge

   Hyponyms: bladesmith, swordsmith

   Hypernyms: smith, metalsmith, smithy

   • James Howell (c.1594–1666)

     The blacksmith may forge what he pleases.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175, page 071:

     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.

2. (informal) A person who shoes horses.

   Synonym: farrier

3. (zoology) A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

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.

• gunsmith