voyager

[< Cdn F voyageur]

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1n. — Hist.

one of the canoemen or boatmen, usually a French Canadian, Orkneyman, Indian, or Métis, who crewed the vessels of the inland fur trade.

See: voyageur(def. 1a)

Quotations

1765-75

Scars a Voiger but stops hear and Puts a small Sum in the Box.

1853

Canadian voyagers formed another motley group, with their half Indian dresses, bronzed faces, and flaringly-striped cotton shirts.

1965

These [Coureurs de Bois] were a hardy breed of voyagers and woodsmen

2n.

any traveller of the rivers and trails of the wilderness, especially by canoe.

See: voyageur(def. 4b)

1925

But winter was rapidly closing in upon them and threatening the daring voyagers.

1959

. . . Father Le Treste pointed to the small, original mission church that had been built in