Hudson's Bay Company

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noun

a company chartered in England in 1670 to carry on fur trading with the Indians in North America.

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Words nearby Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson, Henry, Hudsonian godwit, Hudson River, Hudson River school, Hudson's Bay blanket, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson seal, Hudson Strait, hudud, hue, hue and cry

How to use Hudson's Bay Company in a sentence

Through his company, consumers will be able to cheaply make custom DNA strands, including what Heinz calls “creatures.”
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“The cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment was not just an attack against a company and its employees,” he said.
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Tinder and OkCupid are both owned by IAC, the parent company of The Daily Beast.
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Reprinted by arrangement with The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company.
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Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.
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First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Ajoutez cecy, s'il vous plaist, la grande difficult qu'il y a de tirer d'eux les mots mesmes qu'ils ont.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
No, Sir, said the other, nothing at all except the enjoyment of your good company: and so gave over importuning him.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe

British Dictionary definitions for Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

noun

an English company chartered in 1670 to trade in all parts of North America drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay

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