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cou·reur de bois (ko̵̅o̅ rër də bwȧ′)

an unlicensed French or French-Indian fur trader or trapper roving the early frontiers of Canada

Etymology: Fr, lit., runner of the woods

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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