jeweller
/ˈdʒuːələ
/(US jeweler)
noun
A person or company that makes or sells jewels or jewellery: he is managing director of Britain’s biggest jeweller...
- In 1736 Calderwood married Elinor Streeter, widow of the jeweller and lapidary William Streeter.
- There have been complaints from Madurai about lack of assured purity in gold jewels sold by some jewellers.
- A Sligo jeweller has agreed to sell up to 2,000 pieces of jewellery over the next year that will raise money for Concern.
Synonyms
lapidary, gemmologist
Origin
Middle English: from Old French juelier, from joel (see jewel).
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