The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Souter \Sou"ter\, n. [AS. s?t?re, fr. It. sutor, fr. suere to
   sew.]
   A shoemaker; a cobbler. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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         There is no work better than another to please God: . .
         . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all
         is one.                                  --Tyndale.
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