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cordwainer

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From Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, itself borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

noun cordwainers

  1. archaic, countable A shoemaker.
  2. countable A worker in cordwain leather.
  3. countable, uncountable A leather from Córdoba.
  4. countable A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company. For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordwainer.

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"cordwainer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cordwainer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cordwainer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cordwainer

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"cordwainer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cordwainer.

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@misc{cordwainer_2026,
  title = {cordwainer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cordwainer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}