Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GOLD'SMITH
GOLD'SMITH, n.
- An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments of gold and silver.
- A banker; one who manages the pecuniary concerns of others. [Goldsmiths were formerly bankers in England, but in America the practice does not exist, nor is the word used in this sense.]
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