golden shoe

noun

A prize awarded each season to the player with the most points in league matches from the top division of a national league.

Similar
golden boot
OriginFrench soulier d'or →
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Meanings

nounthe golden shoe (countable and uncountable, plural golden shoes)

plural golden shoes

  1. countableuncountableball gamesA prize awarded each season to the player with the most points in league matches from the top division of a national league.

    [Marc Lloyd] Williams lost out on the Golden Shoe to Sporting's [Mario] Jardel and would have needed an improbable tally of 64 goals to claim the prize.

    2014 February 5, Gregg Bakowski, “The Golden Shoe: is it time to give the weighting system the boot?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: golden boot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA prize awarded each season to the player with the most points in league matches from the top division of a national league.

Similar
golden boot
Also see
golden boot

Origin

  1. Frenchsoulier d'or
  2. Englishgolden shoe

Calque of French soulier d'or.

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APA

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MLA

“golden shoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golden%20shoe. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “golden shoe,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golden%20shoe.

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