Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person who makes shoes.

    Schuhmacher, Schuhmacherin, Schuster

    сапо́жникsapóžnik, сапо́жницаsapóžnica, башма́чникbašmáčnik

    швецьšvecʹ, чобота́рčobotár, чобота́ркаčobotárka

    a person who makes or repairs shoes

  2. The threadfish.

  3. A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. I'm a shoemaker.

  2. The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

    Чоботар завжди без чобіт. — deniko

  3. Shoemakers' children go barefoot.

    Чоботар завжди без чобіт. — deniko

  4. It's like selling shoes to a shoemaker.

    ruЭто всё равно что продавать сапоги сапожнику. — marafon

    deDas ist, als würde man einem Schuster Schuhe verkaufen. — al_ex_an_der

  5. A cobbler is also known as a shoemaker.

    ruЧасто сапожника также называют обувщиком. — Balamax

    deSchuster nennt man auch Schuhmacher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
a person who makes shoes:
Deutsch
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a person who makes shoes:

Origin

From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, Germa

From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.

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Forms

plural: shoemakers
Singularshoemaker
Pluralshoemakers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who makes or repairs shoes:cobbler

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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