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trapper Definition

trap·per (trapər)

noun

a person who traps; esp., one who traps fur-bearing animals for their skins

trapper Synonyms

trapper

n.

hunter, huntsman, poacher, ferreter, sportsman, voyageur (French), fur trapper, game hunter.

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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