souter
noun
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
souter
1 American
[soo-tuhr ]
/ ˈsu tər /
Or
soutter
noun
Scot. and North England.
Souter
2
American
[soo-ter]
/ ˈsu tər /
noun
souter
British
/ ˈsuːtər /
noun
Etymology
Origin of souter
before 1000; Middle English sutor, Old English sūtere < Latin sūtor, equivalent to sū-, variant stem of su ( ere ) to sew 1 + -tor -tor
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"It wadna be worth their while putting ony o' us twa into prent," rejoined the souter.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
The souter, wi' his bristly chin, Frae whilk the lasses screechin' rin; The curly-headed whupper-in, Will a' be at the rockin'.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
Mair whistle than woo, as the souter said when shearing the soo.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
If he be na a souter, he's a gude shoe clouter.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Ne'er find faut wi' my shoon, unless you pay my souter.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
“We didn’t live in the era of pitch counts. So he just pitched,” said David Souter, a high school and college teammate who went on to develop big-league pitchers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
It didn’t take long, however, for Souter to demonstrate that he wouldn’t be tilting the court to the right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
At the the time Stagecoach founders Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag owned more than half the Falkirk-based company.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
One by one, the nine Supreme Court justices paid tribute to David Souter following his passing last week.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Souter: cobbler; Scottice, "sutor;"' from Latin, "suere," to sew.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
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