name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
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name
A surname originating as an occupation.
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name
Alternative spelling of Schumacher, the cognate surname from German.
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noun
A person who makes shoes.
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Synonyms: cordwainer
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noun
The threadfish.
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noun
A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.
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noun
a person who makes or repairs shoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cobbler
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Broader terms: maker, shaper
Narrower terms: bootmaker, boot maker
History
By proprialization from shoemaker.
By anglicisation from German Schumacher, from Schuhmacher (“shoemaker”).
From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.
Across languages
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