EuroLex/E/Trapper

trapper


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a person who traps wild animals, esp. to obtain furs'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Romanian: trapeur, 20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts / not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: traper, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts; Albanian: traper, end19c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: regional;

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