trapper
NounUS[trap-er]/ˈtræpɚ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)Type of hunterKinds coureur de bois
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Trap′per noun
Origin: From Trap to insnare.
1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. Washington Irving
2. Mining A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level. Raymond, Rossiter Worthington
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54