furrier

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

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

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  • (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)

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.

• peltmonger

• furriery

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

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

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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

furrier

1. comparative form of furry: more furry

• farrier, ferrier