Obs. Also 6 furiour, furrior, -yer, 7 furriour. See also FORAYER, FOURRIER. [ad. F. fourrier, OF. forier, f. feurre FORAGE.]

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  One who went in advance of an army, etc., to secure and arrange accommodation, etc.; a purveyor, quarter-master; hence also a courier, harbinger. Comb., as furrier-major.

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1525.  Ld. Berners, Froiss., II. clix. [clx.] 456. The nexte day [the Erle of Foiz] departed fro Tholous, and lefte his furriers behynde hym to paye for euery thyng.

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1581.  Styward, Mart. Discipl., I. 18. Ther must by him be appointed, a furrior or harbinger, who shall … lodge ye whole companie.

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1606.  Birnie, Kirk-Buriall (1833), 4. Our two faithful furriours Enoch and Elias.

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1637.  R. Monro, Exped., I. 33. The Furriers sent before, to divide the Quarters.

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1704.  Lond. Mag., No. 4022/4. Deserted … Jacob Fulk … a Furrier.

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