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# shoemaker

noun (a shoemaker, shoemakers)

«shoemaker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person whose job is making or repairing shoes and boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#m1)
2. (stories) A character in fairy tales, like "The Elves and the Shoemaker". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, shoemaking was a common trade before factories; shoemakers worked by hand with leather. In stories, "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Brothers Grimm tells of elves secretly making shoes at night. Today a person who repairs shoes is often called a cobbler. Phrases: the shoemaker's shop, the Elves and the Shoemaker.

### Examples

- The shoemaker cut the leather carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#x1)
- In "The Elves and the Shoemaker", elves make shoes at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#x2)
- Long ago, every village had a shoemaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#x3)
- The shoemaker fixed the hole in my boot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#x4)
- A shoemaker uses a hammer, nails and thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#x5)
- My great-grandmother's father was a shoemaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#x6)
- "Where is the water, wife?" said the shoemaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/#x7)

### Note

Countable. One word. "Cobbler" usually means someone who repairs shoes (and is also a fruit pudding). The surname Schumacher means shoemaker in German.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shoemaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoemaker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shoemaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shoemaker.html) on Mova free.