CORDWAINER, noun [from cordwain.] A shoemaker. This word was formerly written cordiners. It is evidently from the French cordouan, cordouannier; properly, a worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.