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tripman Fur Trade, Hist. 
n. a man other than a permanent employee, taken on for single trip with a brigade (def. 1).
See also: brigade (def. 1) freeman (def. 1b) tripper (def. 1) voyageur (def. 1c) yearly servant
- c1830 (1889) Several instances have occurred within the last season of tripmen and others forming engagements with different individuals at tee same time.
- 1865 Scores of tripmen are away to the interior on lengthened voyages in the Hudson's Bay Company's service and that of private freighters.
- 1963 Around their heads they wore the almost symbolic band of the tripman [of the York boats], a simple piece of calico to keep the perspiration from sliding down . . . into their eyes.
- c1830 (1889) Several instances have occurred within the last season of tripmen and others forming engagements with different individuals at tee same time.