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Cordovan definition

Cor·do·van (kôr′də vən)

adjective

  1. of Córdoba
  2. made of cordovan

Etymology: < Sp cordobán, after Córdoba

noun

  1. a person born or living in Córdoba
  2. a fine-grained, colored leather, usually of split horsehide, but orig. made of goatskin at Córdoba, Spain
  3. shoes made of this leather

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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