A person whose job is to make, sell, or repair fur coats and other clothing made from fur.
From Old French 'fourrier,' derived from 'foure' meaning 'fur,' with the agent suffix '-ier' added to mean 'one who works with fur.' The word entered English in the 1300s as fur became a luxury trade.
Medieval furriers were basically the fashion tech entrepreneurs of their day—they had to understand animal hides, dyeing, stitching, and knew all the wealthy people in town. Today most furriers work in luxury restoration rather than making new coats, as the fur trade has become controversial.
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