Category:Goldsmith

Gold"smith`, n. Etym: [AS. goldsmiGold., and Smith.]

1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

2. A banker. [Obs.]

Note: The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely. Goldsmith beetle (Zoöl.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle (Cotalpa lanigera), of the family Scarabæidæ.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Goldsmith - (Nehemiah 3:8, Nehemiah 3:32; Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 41:7; Isaiah 46:6). The word so rendered means properly a founder or finer.