furrier

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English

Furrier, 1568

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French forreor, from fourrer (“to line or trim with fur”)

Pronunciation

(noun):
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(adjective):
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Rhymes: -ʌriə(r)
Hyphenation: fur‧rier

Noun

furrier (plural furriers)

A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.
(historical, British) A person who secures accommodation for an army.
Robert Monro (1637) chapter 1, in Monro, His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes-regiment) Levied in August 1626, page 33: “The Furriers sent before, to divide the Quarters.”

Synonym: quartermaster

Synonyms

peltmonger

Related terms

furriery

Translations

person who sells, makes and deals otherwise with fur

Bulgarian: кожар (bg) m (kožar), кожухар m (kožuhar)
Czech: kožešník (cs) m
Danish: buntmager c
Dutch: bontwerker (nl) m
French: fourreur (fr) m, pelletier (fr) m
Galician: peleteiro (gl) m
German: Kürschner (de) m
Hungarian: szűcs (hu)
Italian: pellicciaio (it) m
Latin: pelliō m
Norwegian: buntmaker m
Persian: واتگر (fa) (vātgar)
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Polish: kuśnierz (pl) m
Romanian: blănar (ro) m, blănăreasă (ro) f
Russian: меховщи́к (ru) m (mexovščík), скорня́к (ru) m (skornják)
Serbo-Croatian: kr̀znar (sh) m
Spanish: peletero m or f
Swedish: körsnär (sv) c, buntmakare (sv) c
Turkish: kürkçü (tr)
Walloon: peaslî (wa) m
Yiddish: קירזשנער m (kirzhner)

References

“furrier, noun.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Adjective

furrier

comparative form of furry: more furry

See also

farrier, ferrier

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