cordwainer

[ kawrd-wey-ner ]

/ ˈkɔrd weɪ nər /

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noun Archaic.

a person who makes shoes from cordovan leather.

shoemaker; cobbler.

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Origin of cordwainer

1150–1200; Middle English cordewaner<Old French cordewan(i)er.See cordwain, -er²

OTHER WORDS FROM cordwainer

cord·wain·er·y, noun

Words nearby cordwainer

cords, corduroy, corduroy road, corduroys, cordwain, cordwainer, cordwood, core, Corea, core barrel, corecipient

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How to use cordwainer in a sentence

Cordwainer was the old name for "shoemaker," and is still kept in the names of shoemakers' guilds and societies.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill
"Both equally necessary members of the body corporate," said Henry, whose father had been a cordwainer.
The Fair Maid of Perth|Sir Walter Scott
An intelligent cordwainer of this city has invented a bathing shoe to fit the under-toe at Long Branch.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870|Various
I was an apprentice to a cordwainer, but my indentures were given up before I left England, sir.
The Gold Hunter's Adventures|William H. Thomes

"She shall have a good cloak," said he; and he proceeded to inform me that he was a cordwainer.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

British Dictionary definitions for cordwainer

cordwainer

/ (ˈkɔːdˌweɪnə) /

noun

archaic a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather

Derived forms of cordwainer

cordwainery, noun

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