coureur de bois -s de bois [< Cdn F "woods ranger"]
1 n. Hist. an unlicensed trader who ranged the forest in search of furs.
See also: bush-ranger (def. 2) bush-runner French pedlar wood-ranger (def. 2) wood rover woods-runner (def. 1)
2 n. an independent fur trader allied with the Montreal fur companies.