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cordwainer的意思
cordwainer
英 ['kdwen]
美 ['krdwen]
- n. 皮匠；鞋匠（尤指科尔多瓦皮鞋工人）
英文词源
- cordwainer (n.)
- "shoemaker, leatherworker," c. 1100, from Anglo-French cordewaner, from Old French cordoan "(leather) of Cordova," the town in Spain whose leather was favored by the upper class for shoes. Compare cordovan, a later borrowing directly from Spanish.