furrier

English

Furrier, 1568

(noun):
- (UK, NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌɹi.ə/
- Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜɹiəɹ/, [ˈfɝˑiɚ], enPR: fûr'ē-ər
(adjective):
- (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːɹi.ə/
- Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜɹiəɹ/, [ˈfɝiɚ], enPR: fûr'ē-ər
Rhymes: -ʌɹiə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: fur‧rier

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

furrier (plural furriers)

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.

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)
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
Norwegian:
Bokmål: buntmaker m, buntmakerske m or f
Nynorsk: buntmakar m, buntmakerske f
Persian: واتگر‎ (fa) (vātgar)
Plautdietsch: Pelzneia m
Polish: kuśnierz (pl) m, kuśnierka 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)

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

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

furrier (plural furriers)

(historical, Britain) A person who secures accommodation for an army.
- 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.
Synonym: quartermaster

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

furrier