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Plural of shoemaker

regular plural

The plural of shoemaker is shoemakers.

Forms of shoemaker

Singularshoemaker /ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/
Pluralshoemakers
Countablecountable

Shoemakers in a sentence

  • The diseases of shoemakers receive attention as well as the toxicology of shoepolish.1911 October, W. R. D., “Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General’s Office, United States Army. Authors and Subjects. Second...
  • "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.From the entry abide
  • It provides for all contingencies; even if the confessor has to challenge tailors and shoemakers on their commercial doings.1915, William Carew Hazlitt, chapter LXI, in The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, Its Growth, and Its Fall, A.D. 409-1797, volume II…. From the entry construably
  • At the start of the century, widows in Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and Charleston were printers, shoemakers, engravers, and silversmiths, and sometimes blacksmiths, shipbuilders, or gunwrights.1999, S. J. Kleinberg, Women in the United States, 1830-1945, page 16. From the entry gunwright
  • When apprentices and lately indentured servants began to “whip the cat,” the shoemakers among them went from house to house making and repairing shoes.1965, Richardson Little Wright, Hawkers and Walkers in Early America, page 100. From the entry whip the cat

Meaning of shoemaker

  1. noun A person who makes shoes.
  2. noun The threadfish.
  3. noun A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.

Full definition of shoemaker

Questions about the plural of shoemaker

What is the plural of shoemaker?
The plural of shoemaker is shoemakers.
Is shoemaker countable?
Shoemaker is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shoemaker (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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