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  souter

  noun

  a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
• Souter
  Souter

  noun

  David H., born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.

souter

¹ American  

[soo-tuhr] / ˈsu tər /

Or soutter

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.

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Souter ² American  

[soo-ter] / ˈsu tər /

noun

1. David H., born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.

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souter British  

/ ˈsuːtər /

noun

1. a shoemaker or cobbler

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Etymology

Origin of souter

before 1000; Middle English sutor, Old English sūtere < Latin sūtor, equivalent to sū-, variant stem of su ( ere ) to sew ¹ + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

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"Saut," quo' the souter, when he had eaten a cow a' but the tail.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

If he be na a souter, he's a gude shoe clouter.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

The souter gae the sow a kiss; "grumph," quo' she, "it's for a birse."

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

Her father had been a souter and a pawky chiel enough, but was doited for many years, and her mother was sair dottled.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay

Here souter Hood in death does sleep;— To h—ll, if he’s gane thither, Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, He’ll haud it weel thegither.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

“We didn’t live in the era of pitch counts. So he just pitched,” said David Souter, a high school and college teammate who went on to develop big-league pitchers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

It didn’t take long, however, for Souter to demonstrate that he wouldn’t be tilting the court to the right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

When the court reconvened in September 2009, Justice Sonia Sotomayor had replaced Souter.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

At the the time Stagecoach founders Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag owned more than half the Falkirk-based company.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

The "Souter" is formed by the first five moves: 11 to 15, 23 to 19, 9 to 14, 22 to 17, 6 to 9.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann