Voyageurs

Word VOYAGEURS
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Definitions and meanings of "Voyageurs"

What do we mean by voyageurs?

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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The word "voyageurs" in example sentences

He in turn hired workers who were called voyageurs. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

There they had commenced their canoe voyage -- in other words became "voyageurs" -- for such is the name given to those who travel by canoes through these wild territories. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

_Esparcette_ occurred universally, and among the plants on the river I noticed, for the first time during this journey, a few small bushes of the _absinthe_ of the voyageurs, which is commonly used for firewood, (_artemesia tridentata_.) ❋ Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont (1851)

They were widgeons; but the most singular thing that was now observed by our voyageurs was the terms upon which these three kinds of birds lived with each other. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

They were widgeons (_Anas Americana_); but the most singular thing that was now observed by our voyageurs was the terms upon which these three kinds of birds lived with each other. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

53 The place name “Ozarks” derives from the French Aux Arcs, which was a slang word among voyageurs for the place of the Arkansas Indians, whose name in turn was an Indian slang word for the people who called themselves Quapaw and lived near the Arkansas River.54 ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

Frenchmen with Indian women there grew up in Canada a large class of half-breed "voyageurs" (travelers) and "coureurs de bois" ❋ William Henry Johnson (N/A)

In the old days the "voyageurs" along the rivers in the wilds of America used to sing while they paddled. ❋ Unknown (1925)

He saw service during the Fenian Raid; acted as a Red Cross Surgeon in the Russo-Turkish war of 1878; was surgeon to the Canadian "voyageurs," called by Sir Garnet Wolseley after his Red River experience to aid in the Soudan campaign of 1884-85; was attached to the British Army for two years, making a tour of Europe and the United States to study army medical organization. ❋ John George (1918)

On the other hand, the numerous personnel of "voyageurs" whom these posts necessitated eventually gave rise to that wonderful race, the Metis, which was in after years to play such an important part in the history of Central ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Boule ', as the' voyageurs 'traversed the long paths of the Ottawa, St. Lawrence, and Mississippi; brave light-hearted fellows, whose singing days were over. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

French Canadians, the 'voyageurs' from old Maisonneuve down. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

Fontaine, 'the well-beloved song-child of the' voyageurs '' hearts. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

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