Word Study
voyageur
CIDE DICTIONARY
voyageur, n. [F., fr. voyager to travel. See Voyage.].
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
voyageur, n. a Canadian boatman, esp. hist. one employed in transporting goods and passengers between trading posts.
Etymology
F, = voyager (as VOYAGE)
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