Definition of "voyageur" []

• A woodsman, boatman, or guide employed by a fur company to transport goods and supplies between remote stations in Canada or the U.S. Northwest. (noun)

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• "A voyageur was a man employed by Canadian fur companies to transport supplies, usually by canoe, to and from distant stations."
• "The sun marches over it distantly, and the man of the East -- the braggart -- calls it outcast; but animals love it; and the shades of the long-gone trapper and 'voyageur' saunter without mourning through its fastnesses."
• "The 'voyageur' and 'courier de bois' still exist, though, generally, under less picturesque names."