Cordwainer
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shoemaker. archaic, countable
- 2 A worker in cordwain leather. countable
- 3 A leather from Córdoba. countable, uncountable
- 4 A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company. countable
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordwainer."
Example
More examples"For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordwainer."
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.