cordwainer

[ kawrd-wey-ner ]
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nounArchaic.
  1. a person who makes shoes from cordovan leather.

  2. shoemaker; cobbler.

Origin of cordwainer

1
1150–1200; Middle English cordewaner<Old French cordewan(i)er.See cordwain, -er2

Other words from cordwainer

  • cord·wain·er·y, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for cordwainer

cordwainer

/ (ˈkɔːdˌweɪnə) /


noun
  1. archaic a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather

Derived forms of cordwainer

  • cordwainery, noun

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