English Explanatory Dictionary

Nesmith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as an occupation].
  2. An unincorporated community in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Word forms

Nesmith Nesmiths Naismith Nessmith

Etymology

Occupational surname for a maker of knives or nails, from Middle English knyf (“knife”) or nayl (“nail”) + smith.

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