1a n. Hist. master; employer; boss.
See also: booshway
1b n. Lumbering See quotes.
2a n. a stock-holding partner in the Montreal-based fur companies, especially the North West Company, who represented the company the year round at the trading posts in the fur country.
See also: North West Company wintering partner (def. 1)
2b n. See wintering partner (def. 2) 1905 quote.
See also: wintering partner (def. 2)
3 n. Obs. See quote.