cordwainer

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noun

A shoemaker.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordwainer.”

OriginMiddle English cordewainer ← Anglo-Norman cordewaner ← Old French cordoan →
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Meanings

nouncordwainer (countable and uncountable, plural cordwainers)

plural cordwainers

  1. archaiccountableA shoemaker.
  2. countableA worker in cordwain leather.
  3. countableuncountableA leather from Córdoba.
  4. countableA member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordwainer.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
shoemaker

Origin

  1. SpanishCórdoba
  2. Old Frenchcordoan“(leather) of Cordova”
  3. Anglo-Normancordewaner
  4. Middle Englishcordewainer
  5. Englishcordwainer

From Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, itself borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

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APA

cordwainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cordwainer

MLA

“cordwainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cordwainer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cordwainer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cordwainer.

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