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furtaker

furtaker noun: someone who harvests wildlife for fur by hunting, trapping, or both; a hunter or a trapper who harvests pelts.

Noun

furtaker (plural furtakers)

  1. (US) Someone who harvests wildlife for fur by hunting, trapping, or both; a hunter or a trapper who harvests pelts.
    • A sample of furtakers was contacted after the 2005 hunting and trapping seasons to estimate the number of participants, days afield (effort), and furbearer harvests. In 2005, about 13,200 furtakers pursued furbearers; […]2007, Wildlife Bureau of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, “Abstract”, in Wildlife Report, number 3472, page 1

Forms of furtaker

pluralfurtakers

Origin of furtaker

Compound of fur + taker.

Questions about furtaker

What does furtaker mean?
Furtaker means someone who harvests wildlife for fur by hunting, trapping, or both; a hunter or a trapper who harvests pelts.
What part of speech is furtaker?
Furtaker is a noun.
What is the plural of furtaker?
The plural of furtaker is furtakers.

Words near furtaker in the dictionary

  1. fursuiting
  2. fursuits
  3. fursultiamine
  4. Furtado
  5. Furtados
  6. furtaker
  7. furtakers
  8. furtaking
  9. furterene
  10. furternity leave
  11. furternity leaves

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