DCHP-3

furrier

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Esp. Nfld

a person who hunts or traps fur-bearing animals.

Quotations

1770
In our return we found two old furriers' tilts, and snow death-falls; which appeared to be of Canadian construction.
1829
As yet, she has been viewed only by the eyes of lumberers and furriers, the former with their hatchets, the latter with their guns.
1918
One day a Northern furrier . . . came to me as a magistrate to insist that a trading company keep its bargain by paying him in cash for a valuable fox skin.
1962
. . . the hostile action . . . may well have been due to Beothuk suspicion of their inveterate foes, the white furriers, several of whom accompanied Buchan as guides
2n. — Obs.

a person engaged in the fur trade.

Quotations

1789
It is therefore not improbable that the enterprising spirit of our Canadian furriers may penetrate to this coast . . . and add to the comforts and luxuries of Europe, this invaluable fur, which in warmth, beauty, and magnificence, exceeds the richest furs of Siberia.
1860
The ex-chief factor is characterized as a "Governor in whom the people of British Columbia have never placed confidence,"--as controlled in his public and private course by the interests of the "Furriers,"--and as eminently qualified to "retire from public life."