furrier
noun/ˈfʌrɪə(r)/
/ˈfɜːriər/
- a person who prepares or sells clothes made from furWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French forreor, from forrer ‘to line, sheathe’, from forre ‘sheath’, of Germanic origin. The change in the ending in the 16th cent. was due to association with -ier.
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