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  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

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Example Sentences

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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

If he be na a souter, he's a gude shoe clouter.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

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

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

"Saut," quo' the souter, when he had eaten a cow a' but the tail.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

The souter gae the sow a kiss; "grumph," quo' she, "it's for a birse."

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

He touches briefly on the justices’ deliberations in Casey, crediting his co-authors, Justices O’Connor and Souter, with the idea of a jointly signed opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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

This, too, was a game David Souter would not play.

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

And down each stair they throng'd anon,   Gentle, semple, throng'd anon: Souter and tailor, frowsy Nan, The ancient widow young again, Simpering behind her fan.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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