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JEWELER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jeweler mean? 

JEWELER (noun)
  The noun JEWELER has 2 senses:

1. someone who makes jewelryplay

2. someone in the business of selling jewelryplay

  Familiarity information: JEWELER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JEWELER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who makes jewelry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jeweler; jeweller; jewelry maker

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

maker; shaper (a person who makes things)

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

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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone in the business of selling jewelry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jeweler; jeweller

Hypernyms ("jeweler" 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)


 Context examples 


Jewelers have known for centuries that impurities in diamonds produce different colors.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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