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cordwainer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
cord-wain-er
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shoemaker.

Archaic; Countable

noun

A worker in cordwain leather.

Countable

noun

A leather from Córdoba.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From 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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Usage

Inflected Forms

cordwainers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cordwaining cobbler

Questions

What does cordwainer mean?
A shoemaker.
Where does cordwainer come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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