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Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a seasoned fur trader or voyageur who spent his winters in the fur country.
See: winterer(def. 2a)
Quotations
1956
In 1774, Waden signed a licence for Jos. Le Clair to take 2 canoes and 13 men . . . a Lawrence Ermatinger, 4 canoes, 32 men, of whom 17 were wintermen. . . .