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cordwainer definition

cord·wainer (-wān′ər)

noun

Archaic a shoemaker, orig. one who worked in cordovan leather

Etymology: ME cordwaner < OFr cordoanier: see cordwain

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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