d. souter

Sou·ter

[soo-ter]
noun
David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1990.
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souter or soutar (ˈsuːtər) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(Scot), (Northern English) a shoemaker or cobbler
 
[Old English sūtere, from Latin sutor, from suere to sew]
 
soutar or soutar
 
n
 
[Old English sūtere, from Latin sutor, from suere to sew]

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souter
"maker or mender of shoes," O.E. sutere, from L. sutor "shoemaker," from suere "to sew, stitch."
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