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winterer
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1n. — Nfld, Obs.
a fisherman who wintered at a fishing station ; a settler as opposed to a seasonal fisherman.
See: liveyere(def. 1)
Quotations
1766
The whole of winterers in the whole island are reckoned at 10,000.
1766
I hereby forbid all Persons from Quebec . . . to winter on the Coast of Labradore, within my Government; and if any such Winterers are met with there, they are immediately on Sight hereof to quit it, as they will answer to the Contrary at their Peril. . . .
2an. — Fur Trade, Hist.
a seasoned fur trader or voyageur who spent his winters in the fur country.
Quotations
1801
The latter . . . are called North Men, or Winterers; and to the last class of people were attached upwards of seven hundred women and children, victualled at the expence of the company.
1821
Mr. K. recommends . . . the absolute necessity of forwarding 7or 8 Canoes of pork eaters [and] Winterers . . . with full ladings.
1902
The elder Stuart was a rollicking winterer from The Labrador, with the hail-fellow-well-met air of an equal among the mercurial French-Canadians.
1961
The Indians were so partial to the voyageurs that at least one Englishman, Alexander Henry the Elder, disguised himself as a French winterer in a successful effort to escape being killed
2bn.
a stock-holding partner in the Montreal-based fur companies, especially the North West Company who represented the company the year round at the trading posts in the fur country.
Quotations
1804
The debts due by Winterers of the said Old and New Companies shall be assumed by the said joint concern according to the mode of evaluing the same by the said Old Company.
1855
On the arrival once every year of the winterers at Fort William the voyageurs and common men in every grade were in the habit of receiving from their employers a regale gratis.
1947
John Frobisher, who was essentially a "winterer" . . . asked to supervise the hiring of the canoemen. . . .
2cn.
a comparable officer in the Hudson's Bay Company.
See: wintering partner(def. 2)
Quotations
1833, 1963
The surplus funds . . . are subdivided into 85 shares . . . which are received by the "Winterers" viz 1 share to a Trader and 2 to a Factor. . . .
1864
Let the "winterers" look out for themselves, as we must for ourselves.
1952
Winterers [are] the partners working in the field as post factors, who shared the profits but had no voice in determining policy.
3n. — Hist.
See quote.
Quotations
1914
There were two classes of [Indian] hunters, one that lived by the chase, called winterers, [who] usually arrived from their winter quarters and encamped west of the fort
4n.
See quotes.
See: winter hawk
Quotations
1853
It is known by the name of "jerfalcon," or "gyrfalcon," but its zoological name is Falco Islandicus. "The Indians here," interposed Norman, "call it by a name that means `winter bird,' or `winterer'--I suppose, because it is one of the few that stay in these parts [Arctic] all year round, and is therefore often noticed by them in winter time. . . ."
1959
Gyrfalcon [is also called] winterer. . . .