furtaker

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noun

Someone who harvests wildlife for fur by hunting, trapping, or both; a hunter or a trapper who harvests pelts.

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Meanings

nounfurtaker (plural furtakers)

plural furtakers

  1. USSomeone 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

Origin

Compound of fur + taker.

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APA

furtaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furtaker

MLA

“furtaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furtaker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furtaker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furtaker.

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