cordwainer

English

Etymology

From Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, itself borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

Noun

cordwainer (countable and uncountable, plural cordwainers)

  1. (countable) A shoemaker.
  2. (countable) A worker in cordwain.
  3. A leather from Córdoba.
  4. (countable) A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordwainer.

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