souter

¹ American  

[soo-tuhr] / ˈsu tər /

Or soutter

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.

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Souter ² American  

[soo-ter] / ˈsu tər /

noun

1. David H., born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.

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souter British  

/ ˈsuːtər /

noun

1. a shoemaker or cobbler

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Etymology

Origin of souter

before 1000; Middle English sutor, Old English sūtere < Latin sūtor, equivalent to sū-, variant stem of su ( ere ) to sew ¹ + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

"Saut," quo' the souter, when he had eaten a cow a' but the tail.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Mair whistle than woo, as the souter said when shearing the soo.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

"Mair whistle than woo," quo' the souter when he sheared the sow.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

The higher the tree the sweeter the plooms; the richer the souter the blacker his thooms.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Her father had been a souter and a pawky chiel enough, but was doited for many years, and her mother was sair dottled.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman