DCHP-3

portager

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

one who portages; one skilled in portaging.

Quotations

1897
He was highly recommended, not so much as a canoeman, but as being an expert portager of great experience in northern travel, and also a Eskimo linguist.
1955
From him I first learned to use the portager's tumpline correctly. . . .