An alternative spelling of cordinar; a person who makes or sells rope, cord, or cordage.
From Old French 'cordonnier' and Medieval Latin roots, this variant spelling was common in Middle English and Early Modern English texts describing rope and cordage workers.
The surname 'Cordiner' survives today as a Scottish family name, a linguistic fossil from when occupational surnames were assigned to people—if you had that name, your ancestor definitely made rope!
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