voyageur

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French (below)

Noun[edit]

voyageur (plural voyageurs)

  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.

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

voyageur m (plural voyageurs; feminine voyageuse, plural voyageuses)

  1. traveller

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