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Canadian voyageur Hist. 
one of the canoemen or boatmen, usually a French Canadian, Orkneyman, Indian, or Métis, who crewed the vessels of the inland fur trade.
See also: voyageur (def. 1)
- 1806 (1809) An Indian or a Canadian voyageur, will discern a path or tract where others have passed, and follow it for many days, where you or I would never have imagined a human being had passed before.
- 1957 . . . in the nineteenth century the Canadian voyageur became a familiar sight at York [Factory].
- 1806 (1809) An Indian or a Canadian voyageur, will discern a path or tract where others have passed, and follow it for many days, where you or I would never have imagined a human being had passed before.