cordwainer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shoemaker.
  2. A worker in cordwain leather.
  3. A leather from Córdoba.
  4. A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.

Word forms

cordwainer cordwainers

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.

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