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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.

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  • noun A person who works at a forge. A blacksmith on a large scale.

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Examples

  • He was a friend of theirs, a good man and trusty, and in the days before he knew Nayla, Haugh had been, for a long sweet summer, much closer friends with the forgeman™s daughter than with the smith himself.

    The Lioness Berberick, Nancy Varian 2002

  • He had the broad shoulders of a forgeman, the scarred hands, the keen eye that knew how to look into the heart of fire and see how well his iron was faring.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • He had long ago abandoned his loose forgeman™s shirt for a leather apron.

    Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

  • Isarn, his lungs filled with bitter steam, sweat glistening on his face and thick forgeman™s arms, gently withdrew Stormblade from the trough.

    Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

  • He didn™t like to recall their shock when they™d seen his ruined hand, or the way they™d looked at him when they realized he was not the quiet, peaceable forgeman they™d known only a few short weeks ago.

    Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

  • Sweat and dirt grimed the loose, white forgeman™s shirt he wore.

    Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

  • And, while I was considering how to accomplish my negative purpose, I saw a forgeman coming across the field from his work.

    Portrait of a Killer Cornwell, Patricia 1930

  • "No," said he, "I shall wait for you here;" and the forgeman and I walked up to the cottage together.

    Portrait of a Killer Cornwell, Patricia 1930

  • When we reached it, I said to my friend the forgeman, "This is our way," and turned towards the path.

    Portrait of a Killer Cornwell, Patricia 1930

  • He could be a forgeman, he thought, but never a clerk; and in that limitation he realized that he was inferior to his father.

    The Three Black Pennys A Novel Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

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