coppersmith

coppersmith
/kop"euhr smith'/, n.
1. a person who makes utensils, jewelry, etc., out of copper.
2. a crimson-breasted barbet, Megalaima haemacephala, of India, southeast Asia, and adjacent islands, characterized by the ringing, metallic sound of its note.
[1300-50; MEcopresmythe. See COPPER1, SMITH]

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