cordwainer

American  

[kawrd-wey-ner] / ˈkɔrd weɪ nər /

noun

Archaic.

1. a person who makes shoes from cordovan leather.

2. shoemaker; cobbler.

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cordwainer British  

/ ˈkɔːdˌweɪnə /

noun

1. archaic a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather

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Other Word Forms

• cordwainery noun

Etymology

Origin of cordwainer

1150–1200; Middle English cordewaner < Old French cordewan ( i ) er. See cordwain, -er ²

Example Sentences

In Europe, she said, she had studied and performed ballet and actually aspired to be a cordwainer, because she loved the smell of leather and considered fine shoes to be works of art.

From New York Times • May 11, 2015

In 1429, when Louis was five years old, the fortunes of his father King Charles VII fell so low that a cordwainer refused to sell him a pair of shoes on credit.

From Time Magazine Archive

A green bag is now the badge of a cordwainer in this city.

From Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

Sirrah, if more to me thou talkest of dogs, Horses, or aught that to thy craft belongs, Thou mayst go hang for me!—A cordwainer Go fetch me straight—the choicest in the town.

From The Love-chase by Morley, Henry

Daniel Elston, aged 34, late of Waddington, cordwainer, com.

From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Brampton, Henry Hawkins, Baron