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Shoemaker

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Schumacher. Anglicization of Schuhmacher. A surname from German. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who makes shoes.

    "He especially recommended the only shoemaker who, to his mind, had an idea of making a shoe; and Lucy had at least half-a-dozen pair made, fitted, and descanted upon, before he was satisfied that they did justice to the shape of her foot, which proved extremely good when it was properly chaussé."

  2. 2
    a person who makes or repairs shoes wordnet
  3. 3
    The threadfish.
  4. 4
    A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.

Etymology 2

From shoe + maker. Capitalization of shoemaker.

Etymology 3

From German Schumacher, from Schuhmacher (“shoemaker”).

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