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fellmaker

fellmaker noun: a person who makes fells or pelts.

Noun

fellmaker (plural fellmakers)

  1. A person who makes fells or pelts.
    • She replied to the peasant woman in a calm tone of superiority, although her sparkling eyes and the quivering muscles round her mouth showed that she was not satisfied with the statement of the fell-maker.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 297

Forms of fellmaker

pluralfellmakers
alternative formfell-maker

Origin of fellmaker

From fell + maker.

Questions about fellmaker

What does fellmaker mean?
Fellmaker means a person who makes fells or pelts.
What part of speech is fellmaker?
Fellmaker is a noun.
What is the plural of fellmaker?
The plural of fellmaker is fellmakers.

Words near fellmaker in the dictionary

  1. Fellinian
  2. fellinic
  3. fellinic acid
  4. Felliniesque
  5. Fellins
  6. fellmaker
  7. fellmakers
  8. Fellman
  9. Fellmans
  10. fellmonger
  11. fellmongered

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