shoemaker

¹

[ shoo-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a person who makes or mends shoes.

Shoemaker

²

[ shoo-mey-ker ]

noun

1. William Lee Willie, 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.

shoemaker

/ ˈʃuːˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person who makes or repairs shoes or boots

Derived Forms

• ˈshoeˌmaking, noun

Other Words From

• shoemaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoemaker¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; shoe, maker

Example Sentences

When Shoemaker was 18, she saw her peers make games within a few weeks that went viral and became financially lucrative through Roblox.

From Washington Post

Last weekend, models Sarah Ziff and Alice Shoemaker addressed their experience with Richardson on HuffPost Live.

From The Daily Beast

Shoemaker spent much of the past week trying to dissuade other reporters from printing the comment.

From The Daily Beast

At Shoemaker High School, for instance, 80 percent of the students have at least one parent in the military.

From The Daily Beast

He was the son of a shoemaker, and sometime engaged in the same business himself.

From Project Gutenberg

Thence by coach to my shoemaker's and paid all there, and gave something to the boys' box against Christmas.

From Project Gutenberg

And if such sayings got abroad, they would not be soothing to the feelings of a respectable shoemaker, would they now?

From Project Gutenberg

By-and-by I beat the shoemaker on metres and the son in the back yard, and then I left 'em, for they was no more use to me.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a little knot of Wesleyans assembled in the house of Mr. Gladwish, the shoemaker.

From Project Gutenberg