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jeweller

UK/ˈd͡ʒuːələ(ɹ)/US/ˈd͡ʒuːələ(ɹ)/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,719 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: jewellers

A jeweller is a person who makes or sells rings and necklaces. The local jeweller, take it to a jeweller, a jeweller's loupe.

The trade splits between making and retailing, and the maker's side is a craft with centuries of technique behind it. A jeweller's loupe magnifies about ten times, which is the standard for inspecting a stone. Note the American spelling jeweler with one l, and jewellery, which Americans spell jewelry.

Mauro Cateb · CC BY-SA 4.0

Definitions of jeweller

  1. 1nounjewellerA person who makes or sells jewellery.B1+

    “She took her grandmother's ring to the jeweller to have it made smaller.”

jeweller is a trade.

Also accepted in games: jeweler

Where it comes from

  1. Old French

    juelier

  2. Anglo-Norman

    jueler

  3. Middle English

    jueler

  4. English

    jeweler

  5. English, today

    jeweller

jeweler comes from Middle English jueler, from Anglo-Norman jueler, or Old French juelier. by surface analysis, jewel + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Jobs & Professions, Jewellery & Watches

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jeweller in the wild

  • Warwick Stephen Freeman is a New Zealand jeweller.

    Warwick Freeman

  • Lisa Walker is a contemporary New Zealand jeweller.

    Lisa Walker

  • Crowns for both the king and queen were ordered from a London-based jeweller.

    Crown of Hawaii

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

  • jewellery