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单词 coureur de bois
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coureur de bois

[ koo-rœr duh -bwah ]
/ ku rœr də ˈbwɑ /

noun, plural cou·reurs de bois [koo-rœr duh -bwah]. /ku rœr də ˈbwɑ/. French.

a French or French-Indian trapper of North America, especially of Canada.

Origin of coureur de bois

Literally, “runner, hunter of (the) woods”

Words nearby coureur de bois

courante, Courantyne, courbaril, Courbet, Courbevoie, coureur de bois, courgette, courie, courier, courlan, Courland
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Example sentences from the Web for coureur de bois

  • Priest and seigneur, habitant and coureur-de-bois were one and all difficult to fit into accepted English ways.

    The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
  • I was prepared to encounter the other coureur-de-bois, and there he was, ferret-face peering and sniffing at us as we approached.

    Cardigan|Robert W. Chambers
  • I want it at once—one with the long hair of a French-Canadian coureur-de-bois.

    The World For Sale, Complete|Gilbert Parker

British Dictionary definitions for coureur de bois

coureur de bois
/ (French kurœr də bwa) /

noun plural coureurs de bois (kurœr də bwa)

Canadian history a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Indians for furs

Word Origin for coureur de bois

Canadian French: trapper (literally: wood-runner)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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