furrier
/ˈfʌrɪə
/noun
A person who prepares or deals in furs: I came across a very classy furrier’s in Nottingham...
- Official collaboration between Nunavut and Montreal fur designers began four years ago, when Montreal-based fur veteran Ingo Moslener was hired as a consultant to help Nunavut furriers modernize their production techniques.
- Jay had been working as a furrier in Glasgow but he contracted an allergy off the pelts.
- There is also a special crafts Christmas market with workshops of gold and silversmiths, furriers, chandlers, bookbinders, and bakers at the St. Margareth's Church.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French forreor, from forrer 'to line, sheathe' (see fur). The change in the ending in the 16th century was due to association with -ier.