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freeman Fur Trade, Hist.

• 1a n. a former employee of a fur company who elected to remain in the interior as a free hunter or, sometimes, as a free trader.

  See also: free trader (def. 1)  

• 1b n. See 1880 quote.

  See also: tripman  

• 2 n. a trapper or hunter not in the employ of the fur companies, of a former company servant.

  See also: free hunter