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cordwainer

noun cord·wain·er \-ˌwā-nər\

Definition of CORDWAINER

1
archaic :  a worker in cordovan leather
2
:  shoemaker
— cord·wain·ery \-ˌwā-nə-rē\ noun
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First Known Use of CORDWAINER

14th century

Rhymes with CORDWAINER

abstainer, campaigner, complainer, container, coplanar, detainer, distrainer, entrainer, explainer, lupanar, maintainer, no-brainer, obtainer, ordainer, profaner, restrainer, retainer, sailplaner, sustainer, Trakehner

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