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Canadian trader Hist. 
a trader from Quebec other than a Hudson's Bay man, especially a Northwester (def. la).
See also: Canada trader Montreal trader Northwester (def. 1a)
- 1778 (1951) . . . Mr. Tomison . . . I intent to send . . . to wait for the Indians . . . to intercept them from going to the Canadian traders.
- 1820 (1963) . . . they went for those Canadian Indians who had for a long time past been supplied with powder and shot from the Canadian trades. . . .
- 1954 Tomison . . . had learned that these [beaver] coats had been sold by the Indians to the Canadian traders, and had been taken away by them to the Grand Portage.
- 1778 (1951) . . . Mr. Tomison . . . I intent to send . . . to wait for the Indians . . . to intercept them from going to the Canadian traders.