Meaning

noun Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

noun United States sculptor (1906-1965)

noun United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *smiþaz Proto-West Germanic *smiþ Old English smiþ Middle English smyth English smith From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, spread”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German Schmid,…

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