Cordwainer definition
(archaic) A shoemaker, orig. one who worked in cordovan leather.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
cordwainer
Plural:
cordwainersOrigin of cordwainer
- From Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, a later borrowing directly from Spanish.
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