Dictionary

farrier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfæɹi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfæɹi.ɚ/ rhotic, without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• /ˈfɛɹi.ɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).

Meanings

1. A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.

Forms

Deriveds

prick farrier · farriery

Synonyms

horseshoer · blacksmith

Translations (70)

ru конова́л (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · nn hovslagar (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ca ferrador (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · bg подковач (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · hy պայտար (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · es herrador (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · fa نعلبند (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ota نعلبند (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · de Hufschmied (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · vo jisafaferan (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · gu નાલબંદ (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · it fabbro ferraio (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · cy ffariar (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ar بَيْطَار (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · vo hisafaferan (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · pl podkuwacz (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · sv hovslagerska (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · nb beslagsmed (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · fr maréchal-ferrant (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · cmn 蹄鐵匠 /蹄铁匠 (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · is járningamaður (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · kmr beytar (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · gl ferradora (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · fi hevosenkengittäjä (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · he מפרזל סוסים (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · sv hovslagare (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · pt ferrador (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · mk потко́вувач (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · fi kengittäjä (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · nl hoefsmid (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · it magnano (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · sq mbathtar (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · fr maréchale-ferrante (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ro potcovar (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ga fairéir (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · es ferrador (disused) (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · mk на́лбат (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · az nalbənd (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ota بیطار (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · vo safaferan (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · hu patkolókovács (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ast ferradera (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · it maniscalco (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · cs podkovář (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · nn hóvslagar (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · el πεταλωτής (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · de Hufschmiedin (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · bg налбантин (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · sq nallban (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · es herradora (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · cmn 釘蹄師 /钉蹄师 (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · eo hufumisto (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · gl ferrador (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · nb hovslager (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · kmr nalbend (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · it maniscalca (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ota نعلبر (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · tr nalbant (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · hy նալբանդ (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · mi kaihaeana hōiho (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · pt ferradora (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ga crúdóir (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · et hobuserautaja (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ca ferrer (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · da beslagsmed (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · fi kengitysseppä (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · mt nagħgħâl (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ast ferraderu (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ja 装蹄師 (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs) · ru кузне́ц (person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs)

farrier en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfæɹi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfæɹi.ɚ/ rhotic, without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• /ˈfɛɹi.ɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
   • though there are many Pretenders to the Art of Farriering and Cow-leeching , yet many of them are very ignorant , especially in the Countrie 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

furrier · ferrier