cordwainer
a person who makes shoes from cordovan leather.
shoemaker; cobbler.
Origin of cordwainer
1Other words from cordwainer
- cord·wain·er·y, noun
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How to use cordwainer in a sentence
Hear ye, friend, have ye any skill in the mystery of cordwainers?
In the local union the printers or the cordwainers, for example, considered only their special trade problems.
History of the United States | Charles A. Beard and Mary R. BeardThere occurred in 1805 an important strike of the Philadelphia cordwainers.
The Armies of Labor | Samuel P. OrthIn Philadelphia the cordwainers, printers, and hatters had societies.
The Armies of Labor | Samuel P. OrthAnd thus they tarried there a year, until the cordwainers became envious, and took counsel concerning him.
The Mabinogion | Lady Charlotte Guest
British Dictionary definitions for cordwainer
/ (ˈkɔːdˌweɪnə) /
archaic a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
Derived forms of cordwainer
- cordwainery, noun
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