As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

TRAPPER. A man who takes game, and other wild animals, by various trajJS or contrivances. In this sense the word is still used m America.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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