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
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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.
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