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Webster 1913 Edition
Goldsmith
1.
An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.
2.
A banker.
[Obs.]
☞ The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely.
Goldsmith beetle
(Zool.)
, a large, bright yellow, American beetle (
Cotalpa lanigera
), of the family Scarabæidæ
Webster 1828 Edition
Goldsmith
GOLDSMITH
,Noun.
1.
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.]