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fur pedlar
Derog., Obs.
a person engaged in the fur trade.
See also:
fur trader
pedlar
(def. 1)
1858
 
Their rulers have been the tools of a company of "fur pedlers," [sic] who have used the country for hunting grounds instead of the purposes of colonization.