Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A worker in cordwain or cordovan leather; hence, a worker in leather of any kind; a shoemaker.
Wiktionary
- n. a shoemaker
- n. a worker in cordwain, a leather from Córdoba.
- n. a member of the Cordwainers livery company
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Archaic. A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.
Etymologies
- from cordovan, Córdova being a Spanish town. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So he sees -- he sees a soldier hit a woman and rob her, or he himself mends shoes for some of -- a shoemaker would then be called a cordwainer or a cobbler.”
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory & the American Revolution
“June 11th, 2010 | Tags: china mieville, cordwainer smith, Joe R.”
“I just redid cordwainer-smith. com and now the page about the award is at the link on my name above.”
Science Fiction Awards Watch » Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award
““Both equally necessary members of the body corporate,” said Henry, whose father had been a cordwainer.”
“Haven't seen a cordwainer for many years my grandfather was one, but he was long gone before I arrived.”
“William Sampson, their radical Irish defense lawyer, invited master cordwainer plaintiffs to imagine themselves in the shoes of a typical journeyman.”
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
“For the cordwainer, a family to feed and educate in the domestic realm was as vital a component of the performance of his manly workplace duties as a hammer and a leather apron. 14 There was no perceived separation between his duties stitching leather and his duties feeding and educating his family.”
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
“Outworking cordwainer William Dougherty was not a union member during a short turnout in October of 1811, when he labored "for a livelihood for himself & family," but still faced a union reprimand when he tried to join the organization a couple of weeks later.”
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
“Writing just before the LFP formed, William English, a Philadelphia cordwainer, labor politician, and delegate to the New”
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
“Tim, being (I suppose) out of credit with the cordwainer, fell upon this ingenious expedient to supply the want of shoes, knowing that Mr Birkin, who loves humour, would himself relish the joke upon a little recollection.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cordwainer’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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phrontistery - c
from phrontistery.info
caballine, cabas, cable, caboched, cabochon, caboose, cabotage, cabré, cabrie, cabriole, cabriolet, cacaesthesia and 1298 more...
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Not 250 Spelling Words Again
Yet more spelling words for intermediate to advanced spellers.
ihi, kyoodle, heimin, feis, menarche, cordwainer, gherao, zythum, accidie, anastomosis, boustrophedon, oleum and 238 more...
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One more switchback
Tip of the hat to Stephen, who always tells me "only one more switchback" as we go up the trail. Usually it is a lie, but it still works!
switchback, heavens to murgat..., prosody, catarrh, ice storm, existential, predicament, intermingle, comingle, stolid, zeitgeist, bibliophage and 146 more...
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Archaic Occupations
Some of these professions still exist today but the word for them has changed; some (mason or boatswain, for example), are still in use but are included for their rich historical associations. Som...
yeoman, summoner, chandler, ostler, carter, chapman, slaver, mason, cordwainer, cooper, glazier, dyer and 187 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3251 more...
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I made this!
People who make stuff.
milliner, jeweler, silversmith, cobbler, draper, goldsmith, locksmith, carpenter, joiner, baker, stonemason, wheelwright and 43 more...
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Smith is the Name
perfumer, cobbler, pewterer, tailor, saddler, locksmith, goldsmith, glazier, brazier, mangonnier, romainier, passementier and 77 more...
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The Miller's Tale
cheesemonger, fishmonger, mercer, milliner, cobbler, sailor, cooper, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, jewler and 34 more...
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Words from Westeros
A set of words found in a re-read of George R.R. Martin's fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire.
Books:
* A Game of Thrones (words tagged as 'agot')
* A Clash of Kings (wo...garron, archon, sept, censer, manse, cordwainer, samite, sward, wynd
Tweets
Looking for tweets for cordwainer.
knitandpurl "Now was Rusty a childish Binelli-issued nickname for his redheaded sister, or was it a reference to the scavenged nail that poked one or the other young cordwainer in the big toe and began a period of infectious infirmary that would lead to the necessity of finding a crafty activity to fill the long hours of bedridden days, an activity of which the children failed to tire, though strength returned; no by god, they never tired of this, the smell of leather, the meticulous stitching, the shodding of the people, the heady glamour, the creative juices stirring within pent-up loins, loins that hungered for the tickle of a stray red wisp tossed carelessly past a hollowed cheek—well, it is all conjecture and as such not for this report to contemplate. Shoes were made, many shoes."
Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles by Kira Henehan, p 48 Feb 28, 2011
bluemartian This word is used in the pseudonym of Cordwainer Smith, the wonderful science fiction author. Sep 8, 2010
bilby "So they went into England, and went as far as Hereford; and they betook themselves to making shoes. And he began by buying the best cordwain that could be had in the town, and none other would buy. And he associated himself with the best goldsmith in the town, and caused him to make clasps for the shoes, and to gild the clasps; and he marked how it was done until he learned the method. And therefore is he called one of the three makers of gold shoes. And when they could be had from him, not a shoe nor hose was bought of any of the cordwainers in the town. But when the cordwainers perceived that their gains were failing (for as Manawyddan shaped the work, so Kicva stitched it), they came together and took counsel, and agreed that they would slay them. And he had warning thereof, and it was told him how the cordwainers had agreed together to slay him."
- Thomas Bulfinch, 'Age of Fable'. Sep 19, 2009
reesetee (Archaic) A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. Jul 20, 2007