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
Like the coureur de bois Nicolas Perrot, of exactly a century before, he was only the dawn of the light—the light of another day, which was beginning to appear in the valley.
From The French in the Heart of America by Finley, John
Yet it would be false coloring to paint the half-savage coureur de bois as a romantic lover of nature.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot
"It is the Sieur de la Salle in the scarlet mantle," one coureur de bois said to another.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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