Definition of Cordwainer

1. n. A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.

Definition of Cordwainer

1. Noun. a shoemaker ¹

2. Noun. a worker in cordwain, a leather from Córdoba. ¹

3. Noun. a member of the Cordwainers livery company ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cordwainer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordwainer

cordons off
cordons sanitaires
cordopexy
cordotomies
cordotomy
cordovan
cordovans
cords
corduroy
corduroy road
corduroyed
corduroying
corduroylike
corduroys
cordwain
cordwainer (current term)
cordwaineries
cordwainers
cordwainery
cordwains
cordwood
cordwoods
cordy pulse
cordycepin
cordyline
cordylines
cordylobiasis
core
core-inflation
core-level

Literary usage of Cordwainer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Lynn (Mass, Lynn (Mass.), Lynn, Mass (1906)
"25 y., cordwainer, s. Ralph and Abigail, and Alve- nia Black, a. ... Benjamin, cordwainer, s. Phillip, of Swansea, yeoman, and Eunice Breed, d. ..."

2. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 by Beverly (Mass.), Beverly (Mass (1907)
"23 y., cordwainer, s. William, Dec. 7, 1848.* TROW, Anna [wid. int], and Tho[ma]s ... 29 y. i m., cordwainer, b. Andover, s. Charles and Mary, of Andover, ..."

3. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Joseph Warren Chapman, Marblehead (Mass.) (1904)
"24 y., cordwainer, s. John and Mary, and Mary Jane Garney, a. 22 y., d. ... 23 y., cordwainer, s. Ezra and Mary, and Harriet S. Phillips, a. 23 y., d. ..."

4. Vital Records of Danvers, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Danvers (Mass.) (1909)
"George Knowles [cordwainer. dup.] and Mary Elizabeth (Wait), Aug. 13, 1847. ... George [cordwainer. dup.] and Martha Ann (Curtis), July 2, 1847. ..."

5. The Rolls of the Freemen of the City of Chester by Chester (England), John Henry Elliot Bennett (1908)
"12 Richard Archer, cordwainer, s. of Richard Archer, ropemaker. „ 12 Taylor Ratcliffe, cordwainer, s. of William Ratcliffe, cordwainer. ..."

6. A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne by John Stow, Henry Morley (1890)
"Thus much for cordwainer Street Ward ; which hath an alderman, his deputy, common councillors eight, constables eight, scavengers eight, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Cordwainer on Dictionary.com!Search for Cordwainer on Thesaurus.com!Search for Cordwainer on Google!Search for Cordwainer on Wikipedia!

Search