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furrier

furrier

8 8.8
A person who makes, repairs, or sells clothes made from animal fur
  • noun
  • /ˈfɜːriər/
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  • At the furrier's shop, they displayed a wide variety of luxurious fur garments.
  • work as a furrier
  • father, a furrier
  • furrier's shop

I was born into a, a family where my nan was a furrier, furrier, furrier.

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Examples

  • We'll go pick it out together at a furrier's I know.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • She told me her father was a furrier and that both parents were survivors of the Holocaust.

  • This is from some furrier in New York.

  • The furrier next door loves this.

  • Must be the name of the furrier.

  • "So I'll live to get back to work as a furrier in St. Louis?

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Don couldn't support a family as well, just working at the furrier.

    Blog text (25)
  • The basement included a cedar-lined room where a furrier had operated for a time.

    Blog text (8)
  • He's a furrier.

  • Lenny is mad at Sylvia because the girl of his dreams doesn't want a furrier.

    Fiction book (1996)

How Skilled

couturier
2 9.9
craftsman
39 2.8
furrier
8 8.8
tailor
88 2.3

Surface Forms

furrier singular
furriers plural

Morphology

furrier = fur (transparent) = fur + ier

The word is a straightforward occupation noun built from 'fur' plus an agentive suffix, referring to a person who works with fur.

Etymology

Furrier is made from fur ('animal hair used for coats') and the ending -er ('one who does something'). So, a furrier is someone who makes, repairs, or sells clothing made from fur.