Library / English Dictionary

JEWELLER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone in the business of selling jewelry

Synonyms:

jeweler; jeweller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("jeweller" is a kind of...):

merchandiser; merchant (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)

Derivation:

jewel (a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry)

jewel (adorn or decorate with precious stones)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who makes jewelry

Synonyms:

jeweler; jeweller; jewelry maker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("jeweller" is a kind of...):

maker; shaper (a person who makes things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jeweller"):

gold-worker; goldsmith; goldworker (an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold)

silver-worker; silversmith; silverworker (someone who makes or repairs articles of silver)

Derivation:

jewel (a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry)

jewel (adorn or decorate with precious stones)

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