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Webster 1913 Edition

Cordwainer

Cord′wain-er

(-?r)
,
Noun.
[OE.
cordwaner
,
cordiner
, fr. OF.
cordoanier
,
cordouanier
, F.
cordonnier
.]
A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.
[Archaic.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Cordwainer

CORDWAINER

,
Noun.
[from cordwain.] A shoemaker. This word was formerly written cordiners. It is evidently from the French cordouan, cordouannier; properly, a worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather.

Definition 2024

cordwainer

cordwainer

English

Noun

cordwainer ‎(plural cordwainers)

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

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan ‎(“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, borrowing from Spanish Córdova.

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