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trail-cutter 
n. a person who cuts or breaks a trail through the bush.
See also: trailblazer (def. 2) trailbuilder (def. 1) trail-maker (def. 3)
- 1858 The majority of the Lillooet trail cutters would have remained had it not been grossly mismanaged. . . .
- 1958 Normally, the trail-cutters work a four-month season in the winter; when spring comes and the ground begins to thaw, they must get out--and fast.
- 1858 The majority of the Lillooet trail cutters would have remained had it not been grossly mismanaged. . . .