coureur de bois
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coureur de bois
Literally, “runner, hunter of (the) woods”
Example Sentences
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When Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Montreal, he entertained them with a stream of jokes, persuaded the King to sing the rollicking song of the coureur de bois, Alouette.
From Time Magazine Archive
Someone had arrived, a coureur de bois from the north.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Thompson, Maurice
The buffalo, the coureur de bois, the engineer in turn.
From The French in the Heart of America by Finley, John
It is the iron coureur de bois, still leading Europe into America, and America into a newer America.
From The French in the Heart of America by Finley, John
The outfit of a cibolero, who is usually also a coureur de bois, is very simple.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.
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