DCHP-3

homme du nord

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the 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.