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soutter

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sout⋅ter

[soo-ter]
–noun Scot. and North England.
souter.

sou⋅ter

[soo-tuhr]
–noun Scot. and North England.
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
Also, soutter.


Origin:
bef. 1000; ME sutor, OE sūtere < L sūtor, equiv. to sū-, var. s. of su(ere) to sew 1 + -tor -tor
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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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