Term: factor
Definition: the person given power by the American government to trade in furs in a specific locality under the "factory" system, 1796-1822.
[Source: Lockwood, James H. "Early Times and Events in Wisconsin." at Turning Points in Wis. History (www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/); Wyman, Mark. The Wisconsin Frontier (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998).]