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

A souter to his trade, he'd left the toun Sax months before to work in Troon, To carry clubs or mend auld shoon, At ilka t' ade a handy loon.

From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet

"Mair whistle than woo," quo' the souter when he sheared the sow.

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

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

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

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