wordsmith

noun word·smith \ ˈwərd-ˌsmith \

|Updated on: 12 Aug 2018

Definition of wordsmith

: a person who works with words; especially : a skillful writer

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wordsmithery

play \ˈwərd-ˌsmi-thə-rē\ noun

Recent Examples of wordsmith from the Web

Hip-hop heads were greeted with a pleasant surprise when 9th Wonder took to his Instagram to announce that a collaborative album from Detroit wordsmith Elzhi and North Carolina producer Khrysis was on its way.

— andreas hale, Billboard, "Elzhi & Khrysis on Forming Their Group Jericho Jackson, Premiere New Record 'Listen' Featuring Amber Navran," 21 Feb. 2018
Will's penned destruction of Trump -- as only the always-use-the-$1,000-word-when-the-$1-word-would-do wordsmith can -- will draw most of the attention.

— chris cillizza, CNN, "George Will just exposed Mike Pence's Faustian bargain," 10 May 2018
Headed by Supa Bwe, the show features a litany of young wordsmiths who are ready to be the next household name in the city.

— efrain dorado, RedEye Chicago, "4 must-see concerts in Chicago this week: Ty Segall, Of Montreal, Baths," 3 Apr. 2018
Lamar is a tenacious wordsmith, unparalleled as a rhyme slinger in contemporary hip-hop.

— dan deluca, Philly.com, "Why Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize matters," 16 Apr. 2018
Nack was a towering figure in the history of sports journalism, a literary wordsmith and tireless reporter whose distinctive and soaring prose is revered by his peers and generations of younger writers.

— tim layden, SI.com, "Remembering William Nack: A Passionate, Personable Master of His Craft," 14 Apr. 2018
Sean Lester Durham is a father, macro counter and delicate Krispy Kreme chaser, moderately elite wordsmith and four-time fiction author.

— sean lester durham, The Root, "We Head South," 8 Apr. 2018
Through it all, Mr. Smith maintained his role as a brain-twisting wordsmith, a contentious bandleader and a perpetual irritant.

— jon pareles, New York Times, "Mark E. Smith, Uncompromising Leader of the Fall, Dies at 60," 25 Jan. 2018
After a no frills, bars-heavy opening set by G.O.O.D. Music wordsmith CyHi the Prynce that had the crowd nodding their heads and singing along with mixtape cuts, Big K.R.I.T. took the stage.

— william e. ketchum iii, Billboard, "Big K.R.I.T. Exudes Hip-Hop Royalty at NYC's Irving Plaza for Heavy Is the Crown Tour," 24 Mar. 2018

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