Arrowsmith

One who forges projectiles

Arrowsmith is an occupational surname meaning a maker of arrow points—a smith who worked on arrows.

The name gained literary prominence from Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel about an idealistic physician, *Arrowsmith*, which won the Pulitzer Prize (declined by Lewis).

The name occasionally appears as a given name.

novel

Sinclair Lewis

satire · medicine · idealism · science · research · 1925 · American literature · Nobel Prize · bacteriology · career

craft

fletcher

Arrow craftsman

nock · feather · broadhead · bodkin · spine · craftsmanship · artisan · trade · medieval · toolmaking

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family

Related people together

heritage · clan · bloodline · kinship · descent · dynasty · patronymic · last name · pedigree · relatives

Opposites
medieval craft specialization

Arrowsmithbowyer

Archery weapon craftsman

fletcher · swordsmith · armorer · blacksmith · weaponsmith

literary theme: scientific idealism vs. compromise

ArrowsmithMain Street

Town's central thoroughfare

careerism · commercialism

Family

arrow, smith, arrows, wordsmith, archery, arrowhead, arrowed, locksmith, blacksmith

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