Etymology
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shoemaker (n.)

late 14c. (mid-14c. as a surname), from shoe (n.) + maker. Old English used scohere, scoh-wyrhta for "shoemaker."

[T]he business of the Anglo-Saxon shoewright was much more extensive than that of the modern shoemaker ; in fact, all articles made of leather came within his province. Among these were leathern flasks, and various other vessels, as well as leather bags and purses. [Thomas Wright, "Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies," 1884]

Entries linking to shoemaker

shoe (n.)
Old English scoh "shoe," from Proto-Germanic *skokhaz (source also of Old Norse skor, Danish and Swedish sko, Old Frisian skoch, Old Saxon skoh, Middle Dutch scoe, Dutch schoen, Old High German scuoh, German Schuh, Gothic skoh). No known cognates outside Germanic, unless it somehow is connected with PIE root *skeu- "cover" (source also of second element in Latin ob-scurus).

Old plural form shoon lasted until 16c. Meaning "metal plate to protect a horse's hoof" is attested from late 14c. Distinction between shoe and boot (n.) is attested from c. 1400. To stand in someone's shoes "see things from his or her point of view" is attested from 1767. Old shoe as a type of something worthless is attested from late 14c.

Shoes tied to the fender of a newlywed couple's car preserves the old custom (mentioned from 1540s) of throwing an old shoe at or after someone to wish them luck. Perhaps the association is with dirtiness, on the "muck is luck" theory.
maker (n.)

c. 1300, "one who creates, shapes, forms, or molds," also "God as creator," agent noun from make (v.). Specifically, "manufacturer" by late 14c. To meet (one's) maker "die" is attested by 1814.

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Definitions of shoemaker

shoemaker (n.)
a person who makes or repairs shoes;
Synonyms: cobbler
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near shoemaker

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