Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

furtaker en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of fur + taker.

Meanings

  1. (US) Someone who harvests wildlife for fur by hunting, trapping, or both; a hunter or a trapper who harvests pelts.
    • A sample of furtakers was contacted after the 2005 hunting and trapping seasons to estimate the number of participants, days afield (effort), and furbearer harvests. In 2005, about 13,200 furtakers pursued furbearers; […] 2007, Wildlife Bureau of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, “Abstract”, in Wildlife Report, number 3472, page 1:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
furtakers Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

person · fur trader

Relateds

furbearing · fur trader · furtaking · furrier · fur trade · furbearer