trailsman

American  

[treylz-muhn] / ˈtreɪlz mən /

noun

• trailsmen
  plural

1. a person who follows a trail.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• trailsmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of trailsman

First recorded in 1855–60; trail + 's ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

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trailsman trailsmen

Long experience in the woods had made him a good trailsman.

From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Creek, swish! hour after hour sounded forth the yielding snowshoes as Keith Steadman, hardy northman and trailsman, strode rapidly forward.

From The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

Glen knew that he was the finest trailsman in the north, and she felt more satisfied as she watched him, rifle in hand, disappear amid the trees.

From Glen of the High North by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

Here was a typical Alaskan, a sturdy trailsman, touched by the tender, pitiful things of life, just like a little boy that hasn't had time to become hardened.

From Baldy of Nome by Darling, Esther Birdsall

With the dexterity of the born trailsman, Talpers wormed his way along the stream when it seemed as if further progress would be impossible.

From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur

Those especially interested in the individual teams gathered at the various kennels to see the dogs harnessed and the young drivers prepared for their test as trailsmen in the coming struggle.

From Baldy of Nome by Darling, Esther Birdsall

And you are told that Port Said offers to travellers and crew the same attractive features after a month or weeks of rough voyaging that Dodge City once offered to the trailsmen.

From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Davis, Richard Harding