jeweler
pronunciation
How to pronounce jeweler in British English:
UK ['dʒu:ələ]
How to pronounce jeweler in American English:
US [ˈdʒuəlɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who makes jewelry
- someone in the business of selling jewelry
Word Origin
- jeweler (n.)
- also jeweller, late 14c. (mid-14c. as a surname, Alice la Jueler), from Anglo-French jueler, from Old French juelier (Modern French joaillier), from joel (see jewel).
Example
- 1. German jeweler and designer peter nebengaus makes handcrafted porcelain things .
- 2. The jeweler frets that , as a muslim , he would risk jail there .
- 3. They used the rock as a doorstop for three years before a local jeweler identified it .
- 4. 7 Reed 's father sold it to the jeweler for $ 3.50 , less than one-thousandth of its true value .
- 5. What , if anything , can an investor glean from george soros 's decision to buy into a big jeweler 's ipo in hong kong ?