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furrier

1

[ fur-ee-er ]

noun

  1. a person who buys and sells furs, or one who makes, repairs, or cleans furs and fur garments; a fur dealer or fur dresser.


furrier

2

[ fur-ee-er ]

adjective

  1. comparative of furry.

furrier

/ ˈʌɪə /

noun

  1. a person whose occupation is selling, making, dressing, or repairing fur garments
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of furrier1

1570–80; re-formation, perhaps after clothier, of earlier English, Middle English furrer < Anglo-French; fur, -er 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of furrier1

C14: furour , from Old French fourrer to trim or line with fur
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He traded one cup to the furrier for a morsel of bread and sheep’s-milk cheese.

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Inskip and her colleagues zeroed in on the medieval city of Winchester, which had not only skinners, tailors, and furriers, but also a hospital for leprosy patients.

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The building’s original architect was Henry Fernbach, and over the years it housed furriers, apparel factories and a parking garage favored by a bootlegging ring.

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His father, Joseph, worked as a welder for the Singer sewing machine company, and his mother, Louise, sewed for a furrier.

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After immigrating to America, he became a furrier who died in 1992.

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