bootmaker

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson or manufacturer who makes boots

   The village bootmaker measured each customer's feet before cutting the leather.

A native compound of boot and maker. Maker descends from Old English macian, 'to make,' while boot entered Middle English through Old French bote. The compound names the trade directly: a person who makes boots.

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