A person who uses a hammer as their primary tool, such as a blacksmith, carpenter, or metalworker.
From 'hammer' plus the agent suffix '-er' (Old English origin), creating the occupational term for anyone whose work centers on hammering.
Medieval guilds carefully distinguished hammerers by specialty—a coppersmith's hammerer had different skills than a goldsmith's, with apprenticeships lasting years to master the exact force needed.
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