cordwainer

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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.

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