voyageur
(in Canada) a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, especially one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.
Origin of voyageur
1Words that may be confused with voyageur
- voyager, voyageur
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How to use voyageur in a sentence
Among these were included a large number of French voyageurs.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyThey caught salmon in the water, and the silver-coloured hyodon, known among the voyageurs by the name of “Doré.”
Popular Adventure Tales | Mayne ReidA great number, however, are half-breeds and French Canadians, especially among the labourers and voyageurs.
Hudson Bay | R.M. BallantyneNothing can be more picturesque than a band of voyageurs breakfasting on the banks of a pretty river.
Hudson Bay | R.M. BallantyneAt the middle of the eighteenth century we find complaints that the race of voyageurs is growing scarce.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I | Francis Parkman
British Dictionary definitions for voyageur
/ (ˌvɔɪəˈdʒɜː) /
history a boatman employed by one of the early fur-trading companies, esp in the interior
a woodsman, guide, trapper, boatman, or explorer, esp in the North
Origin of voyageur
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