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free fur-trader Hist. 
a fur trader operating independently of and in opposition to the fur companies.
See also: free trader (def. 2a)
- 1929 In the Lake Winnipeg region, while the Hudson's Bay Company and the Free Fur-traders used the water routes of the North-West in going to-and-fro between the settlements and their winter quarters, it was common practice to fee a conjuror for the production of a fair wind.
- 1929 In the Lake Winnipeg region, while the Hudson's Bay Company and the Free Fur-traders used the water routes of the North-West in going to-and-fro between the settlements and their winter quarters, it was common practice to fee a conjuror for the production of a fair wind.