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  Cordovan

  noun

  a native or inhabitant of Córdoba, Spain.
• cordovan
  cordovan

  noun

  a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned

Cordovan

American  

[kawr-duh-vuhn] / ˈkɔr də vən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Córdoba, Spain.

2. (lowercase) a soft, smooth leather originally made at Córdoba of goatskin but later made also of split horsehide, pigskin, etc.

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adjective

1. of Córdoba, Spain.

2. (lowercase) designating or made of cordovan.

Cordovan ¹ British  

/ ˈkɔːdəvən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Córdoba, Spain

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adjective

1. of or relating to Córdoba, Spain

cordovan ² British  

/ ˈkɔːdəvən /

noun

1. a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned

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Etymology

Origin of Cordovan

First recorded in 1585–95; Cordov(a) + -an

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Example Sentences

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That he is no great playwright is revealed by the raveled theme of Borderland, a melodrama which takes place in the hunting lodge of two bad brothers named Cordovan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where the path was not slick with ice, it was gooey with mud, but Bobby's scuffed Cordovan oxfords never faltered.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cordovan boys have asked a pretty girl and her novelist fiance up for a houseparty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon his feet were boots of yellow Cordovan leather, and over these, large spurs, the straps of which were stitched with gold and silver wire.

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid

While the crowd still sways and surges, Ere the applauding shouts have ceas'd, See, the second bull emerges— 'Tis the famed Cordovan beast,— By the picador ungoaded, Scathless of the chulo's dart.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke

On this day, Drollinger’s size-17 feet were clad in Allen Edmonds shoes made of black cordovan, a leather that, Drollinger says, more than justifies its high price with outstanding durability.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2019

I thought, ‘Well, you know, I could put sequins on them. I could make them in cordovan leather or alligator or something,’ but I thought it would be more profound to actually alter their shape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2018

Then, while browsing Brooks Brothers’ website, he stumbled across a picture of a younger model wearing burgundy shell cordovan leather Alden tassel loafers with brown flannel pants and a navy blazer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2016

On the uninjured foot he wore a cordovan tassel loafer, which was of a piece with his white scally cap and short-sleeved button-down flowered with embroidery.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2012

I never forgot, and that evening I put on his cordovan shoes, his pants, and I looked for and finally found his pink shirt, neatly laundered in a drawer.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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