cordwainer
cordwainer · cordwainers
A worker in cordwain leatherA worker in cordwain leather.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)A worker in cordwain leather.
(countable, uncountable)A leather from Córdoba.
(countable)A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.
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(archaic, countable)A shoemaker.
Origin
From Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old FrenchFrom Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, itself borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.
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Forms
plural: cordwainers| Singular | cordwainer |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcordwaining
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable