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coureur de bois
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coureur de bois (French) [kurœr də bwa]
n pl coureurs de bois [kurœr də bwa]
(Historical Terms) Canadian history a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Indians for furs
[Canadian French: trapper (literally: wood-runner)]
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Noun1.coureur de bois - a French Canadian trapper
trapper - someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)


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