ironsmith

noun

1

: ironworker, blacksmith

2

: any of several East Indian barbets (as Megalaima oorti faber) having notes that resemble the sounds made by a blacksmith

Word History

Etymology

Middle English iren smyth, from iren iron + smyth, smith smith

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