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outfitter 
1a n. guide and manager of an expedition, as a hunting or exploring party in the wilderness.
- 1905 Of course Bill Peyto was my outfitter, but his growing business needed so much of his attention that he could not spare the time to spend eight or nine weeks away from his headquarters.
- 1921 I will be accompanied by Mr. Lounsbury's uncle, Kenly Lounsbury, and I wish you to secure the outfit and a man to cook at once. You will be paid the usual outfitter's rates for thirty days.
- 1958 Reinhold Eben [is a] game guide and outfitter at Slave Lake. . . .
- 1965 [They] were granted the outfitters' franchise for the area--25,000 square miles surrounding the Godlin Lakes . . . 275 miles northeast of Whitehorse
2 n. a person who sells outfits (def. 3a).
See also: outfit ((n.)) (def. 3a)
- 1921 Ragged, poor, roofless, grubstaked by 'pardner' or outfitter on a basis of half profit, the prospector stands as the eternal type of the trail-maker for finance.
- 1905 Of course Bill Peyto was my outfitter, but his growing business needed so much of his attention that he could not spare the time to spend eight or nine weeks away from his headquarters.