CORDWAINER Meaning of CORDWAINER in English [ 'kɔ:dweɪnə ]■ noun archaic a shoemaker (still used in the names of guilds).OriginME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. cordewaner , from OFr. cordewan (see cordovan ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004