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shoeshiner

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bootblack, shoeblack, shoeshine boy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From shoe + shiner.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَاسِح أَحْذِيَة (māsiḥ ʔaḥḏiya) — person who shines shoes
  • Arabic: مَاسِح الْأَحْذِيَة (māsiḥ al-ʔaḥḏiya) — person who shines shoes
  • Bulgarian: ваксаджи́я (vaksadžíja) — person who shines shoes
  • Catalan: enllustrador de sabates — person who shines shoes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擦鞋工 (cāxiégōng) — person who shines shoes
  • Danish: skopudser — person who shines shoes
  • Finnish: kengänkiillottaja — person who shines shoes
  • French: cireur de chaussures — person who shines shoes
  • French: cireuse de chaussures — person who shines shoes
  • French: cireur de bottes — person who shines shoes
  • French: cireuse de bottes — person who shines shoes
  • French: cireur — person who shines shoes
  • French: cireuse — person who shines shoes
  • German: Schuhputzer — person who shines shoes
  • German: Schuhputzerin — person who shines shoes
  • Greek: λούστρος (loústros) — person who shines shoes
  • Icelandic: skóburstari — person who shines shoes
  • Italian: lustrascarpe — person who shines shoes
  • Japanese: 靴磨き (kutsumigaki) — person who shines shoes
  • Korean: 구두닦이 (gududakki) — person who shines shoes
  • Polish: pucybut — person who shines shoes
  • Polish: czyścibut — person who shines shoes
  • Portuguese: engraxate — person who shines shoes
  • Romanian: lustragiu — person who shines shoes
  • Romanian: văcsuitor — person who shines shoes
  • Romanian: văcsuitoare — person who shines shoes
  • Russian: чи́стильщик сапо́г (čístilʹščik sapóg) — person who shines shoes
  • Russian: чи́стильщик о́буви (čístilʹščik óbuvi) — person who shines shoes
  • Spanish: lustrabotas — person who shines shoes
  • Swedish: skoputsare — person who shines shoes
  • Tagalog: limpyabota — person who shines shoes
  • Turkish: ayakkabı boyacısı — person who shines shoes
  • Turkish: boyacı — person who shines shoes
  • Turkish: lostracı — person who shines shoes
  • Ottoman Turkish: لوستروجی (lustrocu, lostrocu) — person who shines shoes
  • Ukrainian: чисти́льник взуття́ (čystýlʹnyk vzuttjá) — person who shines shoes
  • Volapük: jukilekluinan — person who shines shoes
  • Volapük: jukihilekluinan — person who shines shoes
  • Volapük: jukijilekluinan — person who shines shoes