soutere
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sotter, sotur, souter, soutre, sowtar, sowtare, sowter, sowtere, sutare, suter, sutere, sutter
- zoutere (Kent)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old English sūtere, from Latin sūtor; compare Old Danish sutæræ, Old Swedish sūtare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
soutere (plural souteres)
- A shoemaker (one who makes shoes)
- A cobbler (one who mends shoes)
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 3903-3904:
- The devel made a reve for to preche,
And of a souter a shipman or a leche.- The devil made a reeve to preach,
Or of a cobbler made a shipman or a physician.
- The devil made a reeve to preach,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 3903-3904:
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “sǒutē̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.