English Explanatory Dictionary

voyageur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trader, particularly in furs, who worked (and explored) in the area of Canada and the northern United States from the 16th to early 19th centuries; they were often of Quebecois extraction.

Word forms

voyageur voyageurs

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Canadian French voyageur.

Synonyms

canoeman engagee
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