shoemaker
US/ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/
shoemaker noun: a person who makes shoes.
Noun
shoemaker (plural shoemakers)
- A person who makes shoes.
- He especially recommended the only shoemaker who, to his mind, had an idea of making a shoe; and Lucy had at least half-a-dozen pair made, fitted, and descanted upon, before he was satisfied that they did justice to the shape of her foot, which proved extremely good when it was properly chaussé.1833, Arabella Sullivan, Recollections of a Chaperon, volume 1, London: Richard Bentley, page 229
- 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 Series, Vol. XV. S—Skin Grafting. (Washington: Government...
- Synonyms:
- cordwainer
- The threadfish.
- A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Shoemaker
Shoemaker
- A surname originating as an occupation.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Shoemaker
Shoemaker
- Alternative spelling of Schumacher, the cognate surname from German.
shoemaker meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
shoemaker in Hindi
- a person who makes shoes
- मोची mocī
shoemaker in Urdu
- a person who makes shoes
- موچی mocī, جُفْت ساز juft sāz
shoemaker in Telugu
- a person who makes shoes
- చర్మకారుడు carmakāruḍu
shoemaker in Malayalam
- ഷൂമേക്കർ
More languagesFewer languages
- shoemaker in Gujarati
- શૂમેકર
- shoemaker in Nepali
- शूमेकर
- shoemaker in Pashto
- بزونکی bozunkay, بوټ دوز buṭ doz, موچي moči, څميار śamyār
- shoemaker in Arabic
- إِسْكَاف ʔiskāf, إِسْكَافِيّ ʔiskāfiyy, سَكَّاف sakkāf, حَذّاء ḥaḏḏāʔ
- shoemaker in Persian
- کفشگر kafšgar, کفش دوز kafš duz, کفاش kaffâš, بوت دوز but dôz
- shoemaker in Thai
- ช่างทำรองเท้า châang-tam-rɔɔng-táo
- shoemaker in Vietnamese
- thợ đóng giày
- shoemaker in Myanmar
- ဘိနပ်ချုပ်သမား bhi.naphkyupsa.ma:
Examples of shoemaker in a sentence
- "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
- The shoemaker will fit you up with a fine pair of boots.
- Ablɔɖe was initiated and sustained by a shoemaker named Holiday V.
Synonyms of shoemaker
Forms of shoemaker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shoemakers |
| alternative East-Anglia (obsolete) | shummaker |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Shoemark |
| alternative form | Shoemake |
Origin of shoemaker
From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.
By proprialization from shoemaker.
By anglicisation from German Schumacher, from Schuhmacher (“shoemaker”).
Words formed from shoemaker
Questions about shoemaker
- What does shoemaker mean?
- Shoemaker means a person who makes shoes.
- What is shoemaker in Hindi?
- Shoemaker in Hindi is मोची (mocī). See Shoemaker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shoemaker?
- Shoemaker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shoemaker?
- Shoemaker is pronounced /ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of shoemaker?
- The plural of shoemaker is shoemakers.
Words near shoemaker in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shoemaker (page history and authors); Shoemaker (page history and authors); shoemaker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoemaker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shoemaker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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