Shoemaker

Origin

shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.

Full definition of shoemaker

Noun

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

Usage notes

A person who repairs shoes is a cobbler.

Derived terms

• the shoemaker's children go barefoot