DCHP-3

English Company

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the Hudson's Bay Company, with headquarters in England, as opposed to other fur companies with headquarters in Canada or the United States.

See: English(def. 1)

Quotations

1905
That was the year [1821] of the coalition of the Hudson's Bay Company, or "English" company, as some called it, dating from 1670 . . . with its famous rival. . . .