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 Córdoba.

Noun

cordwainer (countable and uncountable, plural cordwainers)

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

Synonyms

• shoemaker

See also

• cobbler