furrier

English

Furrier, 1568

Pronunciation

• (noun):
  • (UK, New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌɹi.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜɹiəɹ/, [ˈfɝˑiɚ], enPR: fûr'ē-ər
• (adjective):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːɹi.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜɹiəɹ/, [ˈfɝiɚ], enPR: fûr'ē-ər
• Rhymes: -ʌɹiə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: fur‧rier

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French forreor, from fourrer (“to line or trim with fur”).

Noun

furrier (plural furriers)

1. A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.
   • 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren:

     The furrier went on to say that he had a real beaute of a Canadian three-quarter squirrel just in.

Synonyms

• peltmonger

Related terms

• furriery

Translations

person who sells, makes and deals otherwise with fur

• Bulgarian: кожар (bg) m (kožar), кожухар m (kožuhar)
• Czech: kožešník (cs) m, kožišník m
• Danish: buntmager c, buntmagerske c (female)
• Dutch: bontwerker (nl) m, bontwerkster f
• Esperanto: peltisto, peltistino (female)
• Estonian: kasuksepp, köösner
• Finnish: turkkuri (fi)
• French: fourreur (fr) m, fourreuse (fr) f, pelletier (fr) m, pelletière (fr) f
• Galician: peleteiro (gl) m, peleteira f
• German: Kürschner (de) m, Kürschnerin (de) f
• Hungarian: szűcs (hu)
• Italian: pellicciaio (it) m, pellicciaia f
• Latin: pelliō m
• Macedonian: крзнар m (krznar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buntmaker m, buntmakerske m or f

  Nynorsk: buntmakar m, buntmakerske f

• Ottoman Turkish: كوركجی (kürkcü)
• Persian: واتگر (fa) (vâtgar)
• Plautdietsch: Pelzneia m
• Polish: kuśnierz (pl) m, kuśnierka f, futrzarz m, futrzarka f
• Romanian: blănar (ro) m, blănăreasă (ro) f
• Russian: меховщи́к (ru) m (mexovščík), скорня́к (ru) m (skornják)
• Serbo-Croatian: kr̀znar (sh) m
• Spanish: peletero m, peletera f
• Swedish: körsnär (sv) c, körsnärska c, buntmakare (sv) c, buntmakerska c (female)
• Turkish: kürkçü (tr)
• Ukrainian: хутровик m (xutrovyk), кушнір m (kušnir)
• Walloon: peaslî (wa) m
• Yiddish: קירזשנער m (kirzhner), קירזשנערין f (kirzhnerin)

References

“furrier, noun.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Etymology 2

From Middle English forreour, from Old French forrier, forrour, feureur. See foray.

Noun

furrier (plural furriers)

1. (historical, British) A person who secures accommodation for an army.

   Synonym: quartermaster

   • 1637, Robert Monro, chapter 1, in Monro, His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes-regiment) Levied in August 1626, page 33:

     The Furriers sent before, to divide the Quarters.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

furrier

1. comparative form of furry: more furry

See also

• farrier, ferrier