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 Córdova.

Noun

cordwainer (plural cordwainers)

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

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