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# trapper

«trapper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who catches wild animals in traps, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a trapper, trappers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A trapper is a person who catches wild animals in traps, especially for their fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#m1)

2) A trapper can also be anyone whose job is to catch animals with traps, such as pests or animals for study. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly in history and stories about North America, Canada and the Wild West: fur trappers, the fur trade, log cabins. Today some trappers catch pests or catch animals for scientists to tag and release. It tells the reader about a hard, outdoor life in the wilderness.

### examples

- The fur trapper set his traps along the frozen river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#x1)
- Trappers sold beaver furs to traders in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#x2)
- The old trapper knew every track in the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#x3)
- Scientists hired a trapper to catch and tag the foxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#x4)
- In the story, the trapper shared his cabin with a lost boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#x5)
- The trapper checked his traps every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/#x6)

### note

Countable. From «trap» + «-er»; note the double p. A «trapper» catches animals; a «hunter» usually shoots them. Many people today think fur trapping is cruel, and some places ban it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trapper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.