cordwainer

英 ['kɔ:dweɪnə]      美 ['kɔdweɪnə]
  • n. 皮匠;鞋匠(尤指科尔多瓦皮鞋工人)
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cordwainer (n.)
"shoemaker, leatherworker," c. 1100, from Anglo-French cordewaner, from Old French cordoan "(leather) of Cordova," the town in Spain whose leather was favored by the upper class for shoes. Compare cordovan, a later borrowing directly from Spanish.