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TRAPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trapper" is a kind of...):
hunter; huntsman (someone who hunts game)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trapper"):
coureur de bois (a French Canadian trapper)
Derivation:
trap (catch in or as if in a trap)