Obs. Forms: 5 corveser, -our, 5–6 corvyser, 6 (corvoster), 7 (corvester), 7–8 corvisor, 8 corvizor, -ser, -cer. [a. AF. corviser, corveser = OF. corveisier, later courvoisier shoemaker, f. OF. courveis leather:—L. Cordubense = Cordubānum, of Cordova, CORDOVAN.] A shoemaker.
1401. Pol. Poems (1859), II. 109. Girdelers, coferers, ne corvysers.
1467. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 371. That the corvesers bye ther lether in the seid yeld halle.
1467. in Ripon Ch. Acts, 193. J. Thomson, corvesour.
1530. Palsgr., 209/1. Corvyser, cordovanier.
a. 1563. Bale, Sel. Wks. (Parker Soc.), 446. None excepted neither King nor Corvoster.
1609. D. Rogers, Harl. MS. 1944 lf. 25 b. Coruesters or shoemakers.
1720. Lond. Gaz., No. 5906/9. David Weaver, of Kelliber Issa, in the Parish of Kerry, Corvicer. Ibid. (1725), No. 6380/7. David Richards, late of Llangathen, Corvisor.
