trapper
One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.
Noun
- One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.
- The trapper is amazed and disturbed because he sees that this wild man has been freeing all the animals from his traps. - 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the...
- A worker (usually a child) who opens and shuts a door in a gallery or level of a mine, to manage ventilation and access.
- An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison.
- A drug dealer.
- Wanna be a trapper? Never serve a nigga where you live - 2013, “Ounces”, performed by Migos:
- A performer of trap music.
- Synonym of catcher.
Synonyms: catcher
Origin
From trap + -er, compare french trappeur.