cordwainer
noun
cordwainer is spelled C-O-R-D-W-A-I-N-E-R: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cordwainer means “A worker in cordwain leather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cordwainer is cordwainers.
How many letters and syllables are in cordwainer?
| Letters | 10: C-O-R-D-W-A-I-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cordwainer?
Cordwainer appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of cordwainer
- cordwainers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cordwainer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA shoemaker.
- 2
A worker in cordwain leather.
- 3
A leather from Córdoba.
- 4
A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordwainer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cordwainer come from?
From Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, itself borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).