trapper
trapper
Definition
trap·per (trap′ər)
noun
a person who traps; esp., one who traps fur-bearing animals for their skins
trapper
Synonyms
trapper
n.
trapper
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- catch: A few also noted in cages recently caught by bird trappers here.
Converse of object
- become: The following year he became a trapper at the Victoria Colliery.
- pay: Ashley did not pay the trappers a fixed wage.
- call: An ornamented cloth covering for a war horse was called a trapper.
Adjective modifier
- French: But the Scots retained a respect for " democratic learning " that the French trappers often lacked.
- professional: By February 1934, a team of 15 professional trappers had managed to reduce the number of Muskrat.
- old: The title of the show, ' Tidbits for old time trappers, ' was one of the chapter headings.
- white: He was hired by both the Hudson's Bay Company and American Fur Company and worked as a guide for white trappers.
- Canadian: Figures include a Canadian trapper, a Zulu warrior, a turbaned Indian an Australian farmer and a New Zealand Maori.
- good: Mba was a very good trapper and loved hunting, but he had no farm.
Modifies a noun
- hat: A double-breasted navy jacket was teamed with a round red fur trimmed skirt, cowgirl boots and checked red trapper hat.
- return: Traps Do Not Always Kill For the animals who remain alive in the traps, further torture awaits them when the trappers return.
Noun used with modifier
- fur: Smith was fortunate to meet Hezekiah Burkitt, a knowledgeable black man, who taught him secrets of the fur trapper trade.
- moth: He would be very interested if moth trappers have caught any others; in fact any records of Stag beetles would be of interest.
- bird: A few also noted in cages recently caught by bird trappers here.
- time: The title of the show, ' Tidbits for old time trappers, ' was one of the chapter headings.
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