Showing results for furrier. Search instead for furrowers.

furrier

¹ American

[fur-ee-er] / ˈfɜr i ər /

noun

a person who buys and sells furs, or one who makes, repairs, or cleans furs and fur garments; a fur dealer or fur dresser.

furrier ² American

[fur-ee-er] / ˈfɜr i ər /

adjective

comparative of furry.

furrier British

/ ˈfʌrɪə /

noun

a person whose occupation is selling, making, dressing, or repairing fur garments

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of furrier

1570–80; re-formation, perhaps after clothier, of earlier English, Middle English furrer < Anglo-French; fur, -er ²

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The only child of a furrier, he dealt with loneliness by immersing himself in adventure stories.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

On Nov. 8, 1938, a Gestapo neighbor stopped Jules Schulback, a young Jewish furrier in Berlin.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023

After immigrating to America, he became a furrier who died in 1992.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2023

His father, Martin, a Romanian immigrant, was a furrier and hotelier.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022

The furrier spat his first sip onto the sand.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023