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trapper

/ˈtɹæpɚ/

trapper noun: one who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.

Noun

trapper (plural trappers)

  1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.
    • The trapper is amazed and disturbed because he sees that this wild man has been freeing all the animals from his traps.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189
  2. (historical) A worker (usually a child) who opens and shuts a door in a gallery or level of a mine, to manage ventilation and access.
  3. An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison.
  4. (slang) A drug dealer.
    • Wanna be a trapper? Never serve a nigga where you live2013, “Ounces”, performed by Migos
  5. (slang) A performer of trap music.
  6. Synonym of catcher.
    Synonyms:
    catcher

trapper meaning in Malayalam

trapper in Malayalam

മൃഗങ്ങളെ കെണിയിൽപ്പെടുത്തുന്നവൻ

Examples of trapper in a sentence

  • The trapper wore deerskins because they were softer than cow leather garments and rustled less than canvas.
  • Another beaver trapper and leader of an overland party, Ewing Young, also tried his hand at ottering.
  • Some of these here beaver trappers are the most uncertainest fellers ever—cuz they’ll argeefie about near anything.

All 17 example sentences with trapper

Synonyms of trapper

Forms of trapper

pluraltrappers

Plural of trapper: trappers

Origin of trapper

From trap + -er, compare french trappeur.

Words formed from trapper

Phrases with trapper

Words that rhyme with trapper

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about trapper

What does trapper mean?
Trapper means one who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.
What is trapper in Malayalam?
Trapper in Malayalam is മൃഗങ്ങളെ കെണിയിൽപ്പെടുത്തുന്നവൻ. See Trapper meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is trapper?
Trapper is a noun.
How do you pronounce trapper?
Trapper is pronounced /ˈtɹæpɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of trapper?
The plural of trapper is trappers.

Words near trapper in the dictionary

  1. trappean
  2. trapped
  3. trapped in
  4. trapped out
  5. trapped-out
  6. trapper
  7. trapper hat
  8. trapper hats
  9. trappers
  10. Trappes
  11. trappest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trapper (page history and authors); trapper (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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