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out-winterer
Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a trader or agent who wintered on the trail with Indian hunting parties.
See: derouine
Quotations
1862
He gets his reports from Sinclair's men, who are constantly on the road among the out-winterers, half-breeds, and Indians.