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单词 souter
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Definition of souter in English:

souter

(also soutar)
noun ˈsuːtəˈso͞odər
Northern English, Scottish
  • A shoemaker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The balls were probably made by a souter (a shoemaker or cobbler), whose stitching skills were essential to producing a good ball.
    • An interlude follows in which are described the adventures of Chastity among humbler folks, a tailor, a soutar, and their wives.
    • As far as my own garden is concerned, there is a saying that ‘the soutar's bairns are the worst shod’ and in gardening terms that could apply to me.

Origin

Old English sūtere, from Latin sutor, from suere 'sew'.

Rhymes

accoutre (US accouter), commuter, computer, disputer, looter, neuter, pewter, polluter, recruiter, refuter, rooter, saluter, scooter, shooter, suitor, tooter, transmuter, tutor, uprooter
 
 

Definition of souter in US English:

souter

(also soutar)
nounˈso͞odər
Scottish, Northern English
  • A shoemaker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The balls were probably made by a souter (a shoemaker or cobbler), whose stitching skills were essential to producing a good ball.
    • An interlude follows in which are described the adventures of Chastity among humbler folks, a tailor, a soutar, and their wives.
    • As far as my own garden is concerned, there is a saying that ‘the soutar's bairns are the worst shod’ and in gardening terms that could apply to me.

Origin

Old English sūtere, from Latin sutor, from suere ‘sew’.

 
 
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