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单词 voyageur
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voyageurn.

Brit. /ˌvɔɪəˈʒəː/, /ˌvwɑːjəˈʒəː/, U.S. /ˌvɔɪəˈʒər/, /ˌvwɑjəˈʒər/, Canadian English /ˌvɔiəˈʒɜr/, /ˌvwɒjæˈʒɜr/
Etymology: French; see voyager n.
In Canada, a man employed by the fur companies in carrying goods to and from the trading posts on the lakes and rivers; a Canadian boatman.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > in Canada
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1793 J. Macdonell Diary 6 June in C. M. Gates Five Fur Traders (1933) 75 Lost the half of this day by rain..a perfect nuisance to us voyageurs.
1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 18 In ascending the Longue Sault, a distance of three miles, my canoes were three times unladen, and, together with their freight, carried on the shoulders of the voyageurs.
1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion i. iv. 86 St Martin returned to Canada..[and] engaged as a voyageur with the Hudson's Bay Fur Company.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Aug. 121/2 At the nightly bivouac, to the astonishment of the voyageurs, the noises continued.
attributive.1903 Daily Mail 5 Sept. 5/6 The party was put into one of the large voyageur flat-bottomed boats.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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