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voyageur

/vwah-yah-zhur, voi-uh-; French vwa-ya-zhœr/US // ˌvwɑ yɑˈʒɜr, ˌvɔɪ ə-; French vwa yaˈʒœr //UK // (ˌvɔɪəˈdʒɜː) //

旅行者,旅行者们,旅行者须知,旅人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural vo·ya·geurs [vwah-yah-zhurz, voi-uh-; French vwa-ya-zhœr]. /ˌvwɑ yɑˈʒɜrz, ˌvɔɪ ə-; French vwa yaˈʒœr/.

    • : a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, especially one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.

Examples

  • The only spot of colour in his costume was the flaming red sash of the voyageur which he passed twice around his waist.

  • For instance, in some parts of the Hudson's Bay territory, the voyageur is allowed eight pounds of buffalo-meat per diem!

  • He copied steadily in his beautiful commis voyageur handwriting until two o'clock.

  • Not less than nine miles of the coast, agreeably to voyageur estimates, are thus characterized by dunes.

  • We were two days and a part of a night in making the descent, with every appliance of voyageur craft.