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COUREUR DE BOIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coureur de bois mean?
• COUREUR DE BOIS (noun)
The noun COUREUR DE BOIS has 1 sense:
1. a French Canadian trapper
Familiarity information: COUREUR DE BOIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A French Canadian trapper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("coureur de bois" is a kind of...):
trapper (someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs))
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