trapper

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Recent Examples of trapper Wright called 911 for help, which included a trapper that captured the gator. Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Typically, the life of a mountain man or trapper was a hard and isolated lifestyle. Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 At one point, Eugene Levy does show up to play a fur trapper, but theoretically, that could happen in any number of movies. Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025 The clip opened with a gray owl perched comfortably on Kelly’s leopard-print trapper hat. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025 Call a professional trapper Don't want to deal with a nuisance raccoon yourself? Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025 In one picture, Kelce’s seen decked out in fur, looking like a dapper trapper extraordinaire, riding an airboat. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025 In March, a wildlife trapper reported blue muscle or fat discovered in wild pigs in the Monterey County area, about a two-and-a-half-hour drive south of San Francisco, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapper
Noun
  • Amanda Bryant, herpetologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said hunters surpassed the initial quota of 204 with one additional harvest.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And after selling at auction in 2007, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virgina began offering ghost tours to the public — and got a major boost in 2009, when a team of ghost hunters locked themselves inside for the night to record a live show.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Red velvet and leather banquettes call for intimate gatherings while the main room has an eccentric vibe of huntsmen lodge meets medieval garden.
    Christina Liao, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Trapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapper. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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