metalworkern.
/ˈmɛtlˌwəːkə/, U.S. /ˈmɛdlˌwərkər/ A person who works in metal. Also: an employee of a metalworks.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun]
metal man1566
metallist1611
metallurgist1670
metalworker1851
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > forger or smith
smithOE
smithier1379
forgerc1380
encloser1382
hammersmith1382
metalsmithc1384
fevera1450
hammerman1483
smithera1525
anvil-beater1677
metalworker1851
dinger1863
drummer1881
1851 O. Byrne (title) The practical metal-worker's assistant.
1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 69 Metal-workers find it of great service.
1910 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. III. 98 A skilled metal worker, of whom no one knew anything except that his name was Haley.
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xiii. 348 He almost collided with the burly metal-worker.
1943 R. E. M. Wheeler Maiden Castle iii. 204 The rolled or ‘bead’ rim, which is predominantly characteristic of the ‘Wessex hill-fort B’ pottery, is in origin a device, not of the potter, but of the metal-worker.
1977 Hongkong Standard 12 Apr. 16/5 He spoke to 360 striking Singaporean metal workers earlier in the day.
1994 Sci. Amer. Apr. 64 (caption) The small gold mask..shows the exquisite chasing—repoussé details more characteristic of these metalworkers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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