The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cordwainer \Cord"wain*er\ (-?r), n. [OE. cordwaner, cordiner,
   fr. OF. cordoanier, cordouanier, F. cordonnier.]
   A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.
   [Archaic.]
   [1913 Webster]