DCHP-3

wood rover

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

an unlicensed trader who ranged the forest in search of furs.

See: coureur de bois(def. 1)

Quotations

1687
His Most Christian Ma[jes]tie. hath last of all given his order to Prevent the Incurtions of whose which wee call Woodrovers or People without Tolleration. . . .