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milieu [ < Cdn F] Hist. 
n. in a freight canoe, York boat, or bateau, one of the crewmen who worked the paddles or oars from a middle position in the craft, a rank inferior to that of the bowsman or steersman.
See also: middleman
- 1897 Men not so difficult to hire this year as last, when boaters for Lower Red River refused 700 G.P. Cy. and milieux 500, with extra equipments.
- 1930 Beads were given to the devants but not to the milieux.
- 1966 The men in the middle of the canoes were referred to as a group as the milieux. . . .
- 1897 Men not so difficult to hire this year as last, when boaters for Lower Red River refused 700 G.P. Cy. and milieux 500, with extra equipments.