DCHP-3

chief trader

Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a commissioned officer a grade lower than a chief factor, and usually in charge of a trading post.

Quotations

1821
We found here Mr. J. W. Dean a Chief Trader to whom I delivered his Commission.
1955
There were also two lower ranks of Gentlemen--men with sufficient education and, it was hoped, ability to rise to the positions of chief trader and chief factor--clerks and apprentice clerks.