blacksmith

person who creates wrought iron or steel products by forging, hammering, bending, and cutting
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blacksmith

Summary

blacksmith is a skilled trade[1]. blacksmith draws 2,996 Wikipedia views per month (skilled_trade category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • blacksmith's instance of is recorded as skilled trade[3].
  • blacksmith's instance of is recorded as historical profession[4].
  • blacksmith's instance of is recorded as occupation[5].
  • The location of blacksmith was smithy[6].
  • blacksmith is a type of metalsmith[7].
  • blacksmith is a type of metalworker[8].
  • blacksmith's Commons category is recorded as Blacksmiths[9].
  • blacksmith's field of this occupation is recorded as blacksmithing[10].
  • blacksmith's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blacksmiths[11].
  • blacksmith's Commons gallery is recorded as Blacksmith[12].
  • blacksmith's product or material produced is recorded as ironwork[13].
  • blacksmith's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as craft=blacksmith[14].
  • blacksmith's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • blacksmith's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[16].
  • blacksmith's different from is recorded as Kowal[17].
  • blacksmith's different from is recorded as ironworker[18].
  • blacksmith's uses is recorded as anvil[19].
  • blacksmith's uses is recorded as blacksmith's hammer[20].
  • blacksmith's uses is recorded as bellows[21].
  • blacksmith's uses is recorded as forge[22].
  • blacksmith's uses is recorded as blacksmith's tongs[23].
  • blacksmith's uses is recorded as pincers[24].
  • blacksmith's uses is recorded as fire[25].
  • blacksmith's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'forgeronne'}[26].
  • blacksmith's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'حدّادة'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include skilled trade[3], historical profession[4], and occupation[5]. Recorded subclass of include metalsmith[7] and metalworker[8].

Influence

Things named for blacksmith include Novokuznetsk[28], a city or town[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1618[31]; Smith[32], a family name[33]; Kowalski[34], a family name[35]; Schmidt[36], a family name[37]; Schmid[38], a family name[39]; Schmitz[40], a family name[41]; Schmitt[42], a family name[43]; and Funk[44], a family name[45].

Why It Matters

blacksmith draws 2,996 Wikipedia views per month (skilled_trade category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] blacksmith has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] blacksmith is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for blacksmith include Novokuznetsk[28], a city or town[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1618[31]; Smith[32], a family name[33]; Kowalski[34], a family name[35]; Schmidt[36], a family name[37]; Schmid[38], a family name[39]; and Schmitz[40], a family name[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . zhihu.com. Retrieved . zhihu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isco-08 occupation class 7221
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283119405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 4d ago · Jheald · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esco occupation id fccecd5d-ad90-41a8-bb89-96d7595abca3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4652]]: fccecd5d-ad90-41a8-bb89-96d7595abca3, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/29244333|blacksmith (#29244333)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  3. 10d ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Blacksmiths
    Uses
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    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P244]]: sh85014713"
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