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homme du nord
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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— Cdn French, Hist.
a seasoned fur trader or voyageur who spent his winters in the fur country.
See: winterer(def. 2a)
Quotations
1918
These men were called north men, hommes du nord, or winterers.