Trapper

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trapper \Trap"per\, n. [From {Trap} to insnare.]
     1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of
        trapping animals for their furs. --W. Irving.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mining) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery


        or level. --Raymond.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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