coureur de bois

noun

cou·reur de bois ku̇-ˌrər-də-ˈbwä

plural coureurs de bois ku̇-ˌrər-də-ˈbwä

: a French or métis trapper of North America and especially of Canada

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Canadian French, literally, woods runner

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coureur de bois was in 1700

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