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Subject: Chairs
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: smerickson-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 09 Aug 2006 16:27 PDT
Expires: 08 Sep 2006 16:27 PDT
Question ID: 754469
What is the job title for a person who makes chairs?  In other words,
what do you call a person who makes chairs?  For example, a cobbler is
someone who makes shoes, what is the analogous title for one who makes
chairs?

Thanks for your help!
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Subject: Re: Chairs
Answered By: scriptor-ga on 09 Aug 2006 16:46 PDT
 
Dear smerickson,

A joiner specialized in making chairs is simply a "chairmaker", just
as a joiner who makes cabinets is just called a cabinetmaker. Generic
and uninspired as the term "chairmaker" may sound, it is actually the
traditional designation for this special kind of craftsman, dating
back at least to the 17th century.

Regards,
Scriptor
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Subject: Re: Chairs
From: myoarin-ga on 09 Aug 2006 17:01 PDT
 
And a shoemaker makes shoes.  A cobbler, properly speaking, only repairs them:
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/t/to-cobble.html
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=cobbler&searchmode=none

Modern dictionaries don't make the distinction, but the shoemakers do.

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