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• souter
  souter

  noun

  a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
• Souter
  Souter

  noun

  David H., born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.

souter

¹ American  

[soo-tuhr] / ˈsu tər /

Or soutter

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.

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Souter ² American  

[soo-ter] / ˈsu tər /

noun

1. David H., born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.

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souter British  

/ ˈsuːtər /

noun

1. a shoemaker or cobbler

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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

Example Sentences

Ne'er find faut wi' my shoon, unless you pay my souter.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Desirous to learn something respecting it, he made some inquiries of a man, who as it happened was the souter of the village.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various

Mair whistle than woo, as the souter said when shearing the soo.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Here souter Hood in death does sleep;— To h—ll, if he’s gane thither, Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, He’ll haud it weel thegither.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Her father had been a souter and a pawky chiel enough, but was doited for many years, and her mother was sair dottled.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman