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 (lowercase) a soft, smooth leather originally made at Córdoba of goatskin but later made also of split horsehide, pigskin, etc.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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Cordovan very naturally holds himself in no such unflattering estimation.

From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Maud Lindesay was the nearer to him, and her unbound hair fell back and touched the peak of his pointed shoe of crimson Cordovan leather.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank