DCHP-1 Online
backpacker 
n. one who carries a pack on his back, especially as a freighter (def. 1).
See also: freighter (def. 1)
- 1950 Billy Ballou . . . established a fairly regular express service from Victoria to the lower Fraser mines by steamboat, canoe, mule and backpacker.
- 1950 Billy Ballou . . . established a fairly regular express service from Victoria to the lower Fraser mines by steamboat, canoe, mule and backpacker.