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winter partner Fur Trade, Hist. 
a stock-holding partner in the Montreal-based fur companies, especially the North West Company who represented the company the year round at the trading posts in the fur country.
See also: North West Company wintering partner (def. 1)
- 1938 With complete immunity from any effective Hudson's Bay jurisdiction, the winter partners could afford to keep their own legal weapons in reserve.
- 1938 With complete immunity from any effective Hudson's Bay jurisdiction, the winter partners could afford to keep their own legal weapons in reserve.