Smith
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Smith can refer to a person who practices smithing, to a very common family name or to part of a place name or location.
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Smithing
A smith is a person involved in the shaping of metal objects. The traditional working place for a smith is a forge or smithy. There are many different kinds of smiths:
- A coppersmith or brownsmith works with copper.
- A blacksmith works with iron and steel.
- A goldsmith works with gold.
- A locksmith works with locks.
- A silversmith or brightsmith works with silver.
- A tinsmith or whitesmith works with tin ("white iron").
- A pewtersmith works with pewter
- The word whitesmith can also refer to someone who polishes or finishes metal as opposed to forging it.
In pre-industrialized times, a smith was a person of high or special social standing, as he would supply the metal tools needed for efficient farming (especially the plough).
See also Category:Smiths
Family name
Smith is a common family name amongst those of English descent. Moreover, it was often taken by non-English immigrants in order to blend into the majority culture more easily. It is consequently the most common surname in the United States, comprising more than 1% of the population counted during the 1990 census.
Names with disambiguation pages:
- Adam Smith
- Chris Smith
- David Smith
- Donald Smith
- Edward Smith (VC)
- George Smith
- Harry Smith
- Ian Smith
- Jack Smith
- John Smith – regarded as the most common name in England
- Michael Smith
- Paul Smith
- Richard Smith
- Robert Smith (includes Bob Smith)
- Samuel Smith
- Steven Smith
- Thomas Smith and Tom Smith
- William Smith
Place names and locations
Smith is a common part of a place name or locations, particularly in the United States of America.
- Deaf Smith County, Texas
- Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Fort Smith, Montana
- Redbird Smith, Oklahoma
- Smith Center, Kansas
- Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts
- Smith County, Kansas
- Smith County, Mississippi
- Smith County, Tennessee
- Smith County, Texas
- Smith Island, Maryland
- Smith Islands National Park in Queensland, Australia
- Smith Mills, Massachusetts
- Smith River in western USA
- Smith Township, Pennsylvania
- Smith Valley, Nevada
- Smith Village, Oklahoma
- Smiths Station, Alabama
See also:
Other uses of "smith"
- The Smiths were an English rock band.
- Smith & Wesson, a manufacturer of handguns
- W H Smith, a high street chain of bookshops in United Kingdom
Other languages
- Schmidt – German
- Haddad – Arabic
de:Schmied fr:Forgeron
