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big house Fur Trade, Hist.

• the residence and office of the officer in charge of a fur-trading post.

  See also: great house (def. 1)  

  • 1910  Three years ago the Big House at Edmonton was burned down.
  • 1913  Behind and connected by a short passage with the "big house" was another building.
  • 1955  At nightfall Chief Factor Rowand gave a dance in his Big House.