DCHP-3

yearly servant

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

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a person accepting employment with the Hudson's Bay Company on a year-to-year basis of engagement.

See: tripman

Quotations

1923
At the age of eighteen [1880] Pierre engaged himself to the Hudson's Bay Company as a yearly servant.