Grey

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a partner or engagé of the North West Company.

Quotations

1820

If our Grey friends had been a little more attentive [to business]. . . .

1928

Chief Factor Samuel Black was one of the famous "Greys" of the Nor'West Company.

1955

The North Westers were similarly known as "Greys."