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fur trade

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The business of buying and selling animal skins and pelts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: pelshandel — trade in furs
  • Finnish: turkiskauppa — trade in furs
  • French: traite des fourrures — trade in furs
  • German: Pelzhandel — trade in furs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pelshandel — trade in furs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pelshandel — trade in furs
  • Ukrainian: хутрови́й про́мисел (xutrovýj prómysel) — trade in furs