n. One who deals in skins of any sort, as hides, furs, or parchments; a furrier.n. One who removes the skin, as from animals; a flayer.n. One who strips or robs; a plunderer; specifically [capitalized], in United States history, one of a body of marauders during the revolutionary war, professedly belonging to the American side, who infested the region between the British and American lines in New York, and committed depredations, especially upon the loyalists.n. A bird fat enough to burst the skin on falling to the ground when shot.