a boatman employed by one of the early fur-trading companies, esp in the interior
2.
a woodsman, guide, trapper, boatman, or explorer, esp in the North
Word origin
C19: from French: traveller, from voyager to voyage
voyageur in American English
(ˌvwɑːjɑːˈʒɜːr, ˌvɔiə-, French vwajaˈʒœʀ)
nounWord forms: plural-geurs (-ˈʒɜːrz, French -ˈʒœʀ)
(in Canada)
a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, esp. one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from theirdistant stations
Word origin
[1785–95; ‹ F: traveler, equiv. to voyag(er) to travel (deriv. of voyage journey; see voyage) + -eur-eur]
Examples of 'voyageur' in a sentence
voyageur
Her boast was the reason she eventually wed the unprepossessing, even ugly, deer-legged, voyageur who was her much despised husband.
Louise Erdrich THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE: A NOVEL (2001)