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bootmaker en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English bootmaker From boot + maker.

Meanings

1. A maker of boots; a cobbler.
   • "He was one of those men," said Isabella, "who have no separate existence from their tailor, unless, indeed, a portion be claimed by the glover and bootmaker. I should as soon think of marrying a suit of clothes." 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 48:

Forms

Translations (14)

tr çizmeci (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · pl szewc (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · ota چزمهجی (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · cmn 靴匠 (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · ro cizmar (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · ga gréasaí (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · ro cizmăreasă (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · mk чизмар (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · fr bottier (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · hu csizmadia (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · it stivalaio (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · eo botisto (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · hy կոշկակար (a maker of boots, a cobbler) · pl szewczyni (a maker of boots, a cobbler)