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==Etymology== The term ''cordwainer'' entered English as ''cordewaner(e)'', from the [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] ''cordewaner'' (from [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|cordoanier}}, ''{{lang|fro|-ouanier}}'', ''{{lang|fro|-uennier}}'', etc.), and initially denoted a worker in cordwain or [[Shell cordovan|cordovan]], the leather historically produced in Moorish [[Córdoba, Spain]] in the Middle Ages, as well as, more narrowly, a shoemaker.<ref name=OED>{{Cite OED |term=cordwainer |id=41483}}</ref> The earliest attestation in English is a reference to "Randolf se cordewan[ere]", ''ca.'' 1100.<ref name=HCCwhat/><ref name=OED/> According to the ''OED'', the term is now considered obsolete except where it persists in the name of a trade-guild or company, or where otherwise employed by trade unions.<ref name=OED/>
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