Meaning

6 senses
  1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.

    Trapper

    звероловzverolov, трапперtrapper

    траперtraper

    someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

  2. (historical)A worker (usually a child) who opens and shuts a door in a gallery or level of a mine, to manage ventilation and access.

  3. An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison.

  4. (slang)A drug dealer.

  5. (slang)A performer of trap music.

  6. Synonym of catcher.

Examples

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  1. Everybody knows that old trapper.

    deJeder kennt den alten Trapper.

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  2. The sheriff knows that old trapper.

    deDer Sheriff kennt den alten Trapper.

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  3. That old trapper knows the sheriff.

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  4. The sheriff knows the old trapper.

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  5. The hut of that old trapper is not far.

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From trap + -er, compare french trappeur.

From trap + -er, compare french trappeur.

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Forms

plural: trappers
Singulartrapper
Pluraltrappers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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