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Grey
Fur Trade, Hist.
n.
a partner or engagé of the North West Company.
See also:
Sky Blue
1820
 
(1938)
 
If our Grey friends had been a little more attentive [to business]. . . .
1928
 
Chief Factor Samuel Black was one of the famous "Greys" of the Nor'West Company.
1955
 
The North Westers were similarly known as "Greys."