DCHP-3

fur pedlar

Derog., Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a person engaged in the fur trade.

See: fur trader,pedlar(def. 1)

Quotations

1858
Their rulers have been the tools of a company of "fur pedlers," [sic] who have used the country for hunting grounds instead of the purposes of colonization.