different between furrier vs furriery

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French forreor, from fourrer (“to line or trim with fur”)

Pronunciation

• (noun):
  • (UK, NYC) IPA^(key): /?f??i.?/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?f??i??/, [?f??i?], enPR: fûr'?-?r
• (adjective):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???i.?/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?f??i??/, [?f?i?], enPR: fûr'?-?r
• Rhymes: -?ri?(r)
• Hyphenation: fur?rier

Noun

furrier (plural furriers)

1. A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.
2. (historical, Britain) A person who secures accommodation for an army.

   Robert Monro (1637) , chapter 1, in Monro, His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes-regiment) Levied in August 1626, page 33: “The Furriers sent before, to divide the Quarters.”

   Synonym: quartermaster

Synonyms

• peltmonger

Related terms

• furriery

Translations

References

“furrier, noun.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Adjective

furrier

1. comparative form of furry: more furry

See also

• farrier, ferrier

English

Noun

furriery (countable and uncountable, plural furrieries)

1. Furs in general.
   • 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century

     For smaller furrieries and edgings, the skins of the MARTEN, the SQUIRREL, the ERMINE, the RABBIT and the MARMOTTE are the choicest

2. The business of a furrier; trade in furs.