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shoemaker

shoemaker

11 2.6
A person who makes or repairs shoes
  • noun
  • /ˈʃuːˌmeɪkər/
: zapatero
  • The shoemaker repaired my favorite pair of boots quickly and expertly.
  • shoemakers and tailors
  • blacksmith and shoemaker
  • butchers and shoemakers

So if I have a shoe factory, I don't want to hire expensive shoemakers and Cobblers in my business.

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Examples

  • The town contained two doctors, two jewelers, a barber, a cigar manufacturer, a tailor, a shoemaker, and a butcher.

    Academic text (2001)

  • I am sure he has, as we did not expect the shoemaker so soon.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The daughter of a shoemaker could not live off of stars or blades.

    Blog text (30)

  • My father was just A modest shoemaker.

    Sign of the Pagan (1954)

  • I had the shoemaker put new soles on this pair.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • His father was an illiterate shoemaker, and his mother worked as a maid.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The farmer took the bread to the shoemaker and exchanged it for the boots.

    Blog text (24)

  • The shoemaker, the dressmaker, and the tailor have almost disappeared because their individual activities take too much time.

    Academic text (2011)

  • You know the old saying about the shoemaker's children going barefoot.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The structures for smiths, saddlers, shoemakers, and the like are relics of now-vanished trades and crafts.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

cobbler
vsshoemaker
13 4.4

A person who makes or repairs shoes

is the common general word for the same job
boot maker
vsshoemaker
1 3.2

A person who makes boots by hand

is used more generally for making and repairing various footwear
shoeman
vsshoemaker
  • Archaic
1 5.1

A person who makes or sells shoes

focuses on making and repairing footwear rather than selling
cordwainer
vsshoemaker
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who makes fine leather shoes by hand

is broader, covering both making and repairing ordinary footwear

How Skilled

cordwainer
  • Archaic
1 9.9
shoemaker
11 2.6
cobbler
13 4.4

Surface Forms

shoemaker singular
shoemakers plural

Morphology

shoemaker = shoe + maker (transparent) = shoe + make + er

The compound 'shoe' + 'maker' clearly denotes a person who makes shoes and is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Shoemaker is formed from shoe and maker, literally 'one who makes shoes'. Think of clockmaker or peacemaker: maker means someone who makes or fixes things, so a shoemaker makes or repairs shoes.